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WELL!     WELL! 


A   TALE, 


JounWb  ffit  Jad. 


BY 


M.  A.  WALLACE. 


••Th*  TofcM  of  my  home  f— I  hear  them  sMM, 
They  have  been  with  me  thro'  the  dreamy  night, 
The  blessed  household  voices— wont  to  fill 
My  heart's  clear  depths  with  unalloyed  delight. 
I  hear  them  still  unchanged :  tho'  some  from  earth 
Are  muslc-parted,  while  the  tones  of  mirth, 
— WUd,  silvery  tones  that  rang  thro'  days  more  brlght>~ 
Have  died  in  others,— yet  to  me  they  come 

Singing  of  childhood  back— the  voices  of  my  home  r 

Huuvfc 


NEW   YORK: 

D.  <fe  J.  SADLJER  &  CO.,  81  BARCLAY  STREET. 

BOSTON:   188  FEDEJlAt  STREET. 

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HLS  FRIEND  AND  ADMIRER, 


THE    AUTIIOU. 


'      In  the 

of  a  certai 

biy  conside 

by  him  w 

iK'cause  th 

,  profession, 

the  title  pj 

which  is  m 

move  in  the 

I  the  truth  of 

What  he 

liiiid,  in  whi 

4  or  of  theM 

It  may  be 

fwhoni  he  h( 

dispositions 

fyer,  as  he 

"one  swalloi 

only  exceptit 

has  painted  ti 

Bui  those 


INTRODUCTION. 


Ix  the  following  story  the  author  charges  certain  individuals 
o   a  certain  land,  with  things  which  their  countrymen  will  probu, 
bly  consider  aa  harsh,  if  not  .     Hy  untrue.    The  matters  treatcnl 
by  him  will,  perhaps,  appear  to  those  no  lass  than  impo«^ible 
-.'cause  these  matters  are  such  us  few,  except  those  of  his  own 
profe^ion,  have  a  possibility  of  knowing.    But,  as  intimated  on 
J  the  title  page,  he  distinctly  declares  that  he  has  written  nothin.. 
I  which  is  not  strictly  in  accordance  with  facts.    To  those  who 
Imove  in  the  same  sphere  with  himself  he  can  confidently  appeal  for 
Jthe  truth  of  this  assertion. 

What  he  ha.s  written,  however,  he  applies  solely  to  New  En..- 
land  in  which  the  scenes  are  principally  laid.    Of  the  Southen, 
or  of  the  Middle  States,  he  has  nothing  to  say  whatever. 
rt  may  be  that,  among  even  that  particular  class  of  the  North 
•whom  he  here  represents,  there  are  some  who  are  blessed  with 
dispositions  kindlier  than  those  of  their  neighbors.     As  far  how- 
ever,  as  he  remembers,  he  never  heard  of  any.    Whether  or  not 
"one  swallow  makes  no  summer."    If  any  such  exist,  they  are 
only  exceptions.    The  rule  is  that  those  individuals  are  just  as  he 
iias  painted  them.    Tin's  mntjnf  k^  ^u. j 

Bui  those  Jus*  spoken  of,  happen  to  be  natives  of  this  country. 


VI 


I  X  T  R  0  D  U  C  T  I  0  N' 


wore  .0  ,„cli„ed,  he  could  »„t  select  a  worse  tfme  Zt 

His  aclora  are  for  the  mo<,t  „„„  a  "*'  P'**'"- 

lie  moat  part  American  and  Irish     v«t  ip 

"Ppoar  better  than  another,  that  one  it  „in  k  '     ""^ 

1  Wngh  born  hi„«lf  i„  America,  and  though  never  vet  h,v 
caught  even  one  sli.n|«  of  Erin'a  "  «.i„ted  L     1  f 
«»,co„.,     h,eof,heCe,tahonthhn,ri^^^^^^^^ 

J'e  trouble  himself  vvith  giving,  such  o.nl    7  ^^^  ^^'^""''^ 

..+.  .  .  s'ving  sucii  explanations  as  nonp  hnt  „ 

fanger  m.ght  be  ex^^ctcO  to  oirerf    Diffieult  a,  k 
'■  ".«  do  .,0;  and  „„„.  in  addition  he  J      J  ""' 

liini  of  mal(in»  ii.  l.i.  „  ^   '  "°  """^  "^cuse 

"  fi»t  ^vliat  n^ood,"  it  may  be  asked   "  do«,  th.      •*      . 


'•  But,  1 

the  tone  0 

^vatcr,  tha 

produce  a 

Not  alt 

America  r 

»Iie  has  h( 

world ;  sh 

Bcholar ;  si 

As  was  sa 

The  rule  ei 

denying  thi 

character,  ( 

to  which  si 

work  portr 

as  she  unde 

that  bigote( 

In  conclui 

as  he  perusei 

quently  to  e: 

obliged  to  < 

|>riate  name. 


I 


^^ew  York, 


•  By  Ameri^ 
•omprifles  the 


account,  accuse 
t  of  contrasting 
another.    If  he 
han  the  present, 
sh-    Yet,  if  one 
,  13  indebted  for 
mg  very  diflfer- 
h,  is  productive 
e  says  of  those 
>e  supposed  to 
ut  to' the  fact 
ite. 

'er  yet  having- 
be  has,  never- 
,  thought,  and 

hard  to  stand 
"Why  should 
3  none  but  a 
t  is,  however, 
0  one  accuse 
i  upon  those 

land.  This 
frislimen  are 
erior,  va.stly 


INTRODUCTION. 


VlJ 


But,  ,„a,,to,.  author,',  some  one  may  remark,  "j„„  would  b. 
the  toue  or  you,  book,  oouvince  th„«,  upon  the  other  aide  of  t  ' 
»ater.  that  America  i,  a  horrible  piace,  a  p.aee  which  1 
produce  a  good  Catholic,  a  thorough  Protestant  land  " 

Not  altogether  so,  replies  the  writer:    many  a  good  Catholic 
Amonca  rea.  ■  she  has,  for  iostaoce.  native  PrLt.  a:^Bii 
.l.e  ta.  her  celebrat«l  Reviewer,  whose  feme  is  a,  wide  as  th„' 

.  holar ,  she  ha^—but  enough.  What,  after  all,  are  all  these  ' 
As  w  sa.d  above,  they  a.  only  exceptions,  few  too,  ve^Tw 
n  ae  rule  emphahcally  is,  that  America  is  Protestant ;  t  ere  iaTo 

2TZ\.  .y^.-'r"'  "'^-'—  V  -e  cha:i ; 

uas  no  Claim.    The  writer,  accordingly,  has  in  hi. 

In  conclusion,  all  that  remains  to  be  said,  is,  that,  if  ,he  re«ler 
«  be  peruses  certain  things  perpetrated  here,  have  not  reasorfl' 
pent^  to  exclaim, «  Wei,  1  Wei,  1"  then  indeed  the  a« t 

;rnarr"'"°"'^"^^'-"'»'^---^'-ppr: 

^'ewYork,  1855. 


iter  hope  to 
to  those  for 
r  heart  can 
I  a  heroine, 
th  profit  to 


•  By  America  is  here  meant  only  that  portion  of  AmenV.  .>  •  i. 
«ompri«e8  the  United  State8.-At;TH0K.  ^^"'' 


THEatte 

exceeds  th( 

author.    T 

*.nd  heshal 

present  the 

pieces  are  r 

hat  impuls 

American  li 

nost  interest 

ipto  be  his  ow 

W>y  no  means 

fielieve,  that 

American. 

jveakened  bj 


PREFACE 

TO   THE   SECOND   EDITION, 


The  attention  given  to  this  little  work  by  certain  critics,  gmatly 
exceeds  the  importance  which  had  been  attached  to  it  by  the 
author.    They  seem  to  have  expected  a  verfect  worlc-A.  had  not 
■^d  heshaU  never  have  tie  presumption  to  think  that  he  could 
present  the  public  with  anything  but  an  imperfect  one.    Master. 
P-eces  are  rarely  to  be  found  in  our  tim<..    His  desire  was,  to  aid 
'to  .mpulse  which  he  considered  necessary  to  form  a  Catholic 
bnertcm  literature,  for  he  considered  that  an  author  should  bo 
.«<  inte^sted  m  the  literary  honor  of  the  country  which  he  claim, 
^  be  his  own.    But,  his  notions  of  Catholic  American  literatn,., 
by  uo  means  comprehend  the  delusion,  by  which  others  are  led  to 
behevcthat  in  a  Catholic  American  Novel  everything  should  be 
Amer.ca„.    The  stock  would  soon  be  exhausted,  or  be,  at  the  least, 
-_lc.ne.  b,  ...un„ai  reproduction.    The  contrast  of  characters 


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PREFACE. 

ana  countries  <i„o,  „„  ,,„™  ,,,„„„,„,,  ,^  ^^^  .^,^^^  ^^  ^^_^^  .__  ^  ,^^  ^^^  ^ 

P^ductiou,  of  this  ki„„.    Fo.  example  ,  but  for  Je.my,  droller,  arther  and 

such  a  character  as  Bell  would  soon  tire.  , 

.    f  Among  t 

As  far  as  CaMic  literature  is  eoneerncd,  the  author  docs  not  rfcan  liter, 

-ehcve,  that  in  works  of  fiction  every  hero  should  be  a  CathoUc  :  .muipotent 

because  .n  that  c^,  wo  would  have  no  point  of  comparison-.  «n  scarce 

most  es.„t,al  thing  in  the  construction  of  a  good  novel ;  more-  Ms  of  th 

over,  Cathohc  A,neru^ns  are  not  suffieieatl,  numerous,  to  afford  >  always  a, 

s  bjccts  for  the  scop,  of  the  novelist's  imagination.    To  create  and  .«  for  love 

pr^crve  a  hterature  with  such  t^trictions,  wo,Ud  therefore  be.  to  *er  may  I 

-elude  the  assistance  calculated  to  .nder  it  interesting.,  it  would  h.t  it  shouh 

.ndeed  be  a  most  monotonous  lUemture.    Again,  if  we  are  to  make  «,«,aileso, 

a  oho.ce,  the  faults  of  our  country  should  be  portrayed  more  ta  for  allow 

strongly  than  its  virtu.. ,  provided  that  these  do  not  suffer  in  the  «5'  to  keep 

event.     V.rtue  is  always  right  and  capable  of- taking  care  of"*ain  a  Ca 

.Wf.    In  illustration  of  this  fact,  the  author  beUeves  that  no  harm  1»  for  the  a, 

whatever  would  have  been  done  either  to  im  Iite,.t„re  or  to«>spaper  m 

the  I™A  character,  if  the  faults  of  the  one  and  the  other  had  been  ^nge  that  I 

brought  to  light  more  strongly  than  their  perfections.    This  will  4.  a.  gene, 

"r     :r."""°"'  '""■'  -^  "-  given  offence  to  the"«tfrom  that 

ontcs     „  Harriet  Houston  be  not  a  true  character  for  New^tedwiU.  c< 

England  protectant  ladies  in  gene^l,  the  most  that  such  ladies  lauding  in , 

who«ad  Well,  Wein  can  say,  is,  that  it  either  apples  to  thel   It  may  be. 

or  it  does  not. 

„,,  lestined  to  ren 

Ibc  author,  although  not  born  in  the  United  States,  is  a  Catho-  ><i«s !  a  corr 

ho  Amer.ca„-an  American  such  ^  George  Washington  was.    He  *c  read  and 

e^  to  have  given  his  mite  to  Catholic  American  literature ;  if  ^rly  in  rej 


PRKFACE. 

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ntercst  wo  take  i„  :  ■«  not  acceptcl  ^  such,  b,  the  ^anja.a  j„dg«,  thev  can  «„ 
Jemmy's  drollery,  ather  and  fare  better.  ^        ^ 

Amo„g  the  requisites  for  tbo  success  of  a  p„„ly  Catholic  Am 
I  .uthor  do.  not  ncan  literature,  the  dictators  io  the  matter,  have  forgotten  one- 
Id  be  a  Catholic :  hmiipotent  Puffinir  I    Abookof,l„       .    •„_  ''"^"oe- 
.             .                                    ^      -*  """'^  °f  •'"S?"!!  with  a  press  to  its  back 
^compar,so„-„  «u  scarcely  fail;  especially  if  the  pre.  is  to  be  fed  with t 

«dnov^,mo,.«fitsof  the  boot.    This  is  altogether  natural.    ThegoodL 
nerous.  to  afford  ,  always  anxious  that  the  child  of  his  heart,  should  Lur       1 

To  cr^te  and  -to  for  love.    To  him  the  child  is  indebted  for  its  existence  •  t 
.  t  erefo.he.to.tt..r  maybe  wanting  i„  respect,  but  it  is  altol  hT  Zi 
-..ng,  .t  would  ^t  it  should  bo  wanting  in  gratitude.    The  world  „ay  e" 
rwe  are  to  make  ^...*/.sou  for  shunning  the  «  olU  .an ; "  but  it  can  Lverll 
portrayed  moro  im  for  allowing  the  •.  oU  n,an  "  to  starve.    Money  is  just  as  neces- 
not  suffer  m  the  »y  to  keep  the  newspapers  in  circulation,  as  it  is  to  form  and 
taking  care  of  "atain  a  Catholic  American  literature.     Money  is  as  neces-arv 
es  that  no  harm  >»  for  the  author  ,-he  must  purchase  pens,  ink  and  paper     The 
hterature  or  to  «»Wer  must  be  sustained  as  well  m  the  author  •  but  it  is 
other  had  been  tonge  that  the  men  who  are  the  loudest  in  their  cries  for  he!,, 
»s.    This  will  '^.  are  generally  the  most  inveterate  opponents  of  anything  eon, 
offence  to  the  "g  from  that  press  which  asks  but  a  fair  judgment,  and  is  con 
acter  for  New»ted  with  contributing  to  Catholic  American  literature  without 
■at  such  ladies  Iwan^ing  in  return,  anything  more  than  the  price  of  a  pen  I 
CTlies  to  them    1'  may  be  asked  of  tho  author  ;  what  service  is  your  little  book 
tatmed  to  render  ?_c„,  bom  7  he  replies  to  himself  1    None     To 
^,  is  a  Cathc-tters?  a  correct  answer  may  be  obtained  from  the  numbers  who 
rton  was.    He»-«  «ad  and  admired  it.    Majorities  are  judges  sometimes,  par- 
literature;  if  Wlarly  in  republics.    In  the  formation  of  a  National  literature 


it 


vui 


PREFACE. 


extremes  ehonld  always  be  avoided.    '•  Well  I  Well ! "   is  no  r  ■■ 
tremist.    It  does  not  aim  at  making  the  Celt  s.iporior  to  the  Saxo-  j 
or  the  Saxon  superior  to  the  Celt.    It  was  brought  forth  in  Amt  ■ 
ica,-its  author  is  not  an  "  Irish  priest,"  *  its  object  is  to  show  tlu  i 
even  in  the  New  England  States,  «  Catholicity  is  superior,  vast:  , 
superior  to  Protestantism."    With  the  most  sincere  thanks  to  th^ 
public  for  its  liberal  patronage  Weill  Well!  goes  to  the  pre^ 
again,  notwithstanding  the  charitable  predictions  of  the  wise  MA^  4 
of  the  West. 


*  St.  Louis  Leader 


CHAP. 


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1     "  XVil.- 

Well  I  "  is  no  0'  > 
porior  to  the  Saxo; « 
ight  forth  in  Am?  ' 
ject  is  to  show  th 

is  superior,  vast.  ^ 
icere  thanks  to  il  4 

goes  to  the  pro*| 

of  the  wise  MA'  I 


CONTENTS. 


CIIAP.  I. 

II. 

III. 

IV.- 

y.- 

"  VI.- 
«  VII.- 
"    VIII.- 


u 


IX 
X 

"  •  XI. 
"  XII. 
"  XIII. 
"  XIV. 
"  XV. 
"  XVI.- 
♦'  XVII 


A  Prrludr, 
—Sickness  and  Sorrow, 
—Dreams  and  Realities, 
-Bachelorship  and  its  Consequences 
—The  Phases  of  Beauty 

—A  Surprise. 

'  •        •        • 

-The  Sublime  and  the  Ridiculous, 

-The   Sublime   and   the  Ridiclt^ous    (con- 
tinued), 

-Polemics,     ... 

-Diversity  of  Character, 

-An  Ugly  Fit,    . 

-Grief  for  Glee, 

-Trouble  Brewing, 

-A  Mystery  and  a  Mishap^ 

■A  Discussion,      . 

An  Unexpected  Discovbrt, 


. — Moke  Trouble,   . 


PAOI 

7 
II 
14 
19 
28 
32 
37 

43 

50 

56 

61 

66 

72 
76 
81 
86 
95 


C  0  X  T  K  S  T  3  . 


'^\ 


('MAI'.  XVIII. 
A IX. 
XX. 
XXI. 
XXIJ. 
XXIII.- 
XXIV.- 
XXV.- 
XXVI.- 
"       XXVII.- 
"     XXVIII.- 
XXIX.- 
XXX.- 
XXXI.- 
«       XXXII.- 
"      XXXIII.- 
"      XXXIV.- 
"        XXXV.- 
"      XXXVJ.- 
"     XXXVII.- 
"  XXX VI II. 
"      XXXIX. 
XL.. 
XLI.- 
XLII.- 
XLTII.- 
XLIV.- 
XLV.- 
TuK  Skqubi.,   . 


-Ukv.  Mk.  Alljaw, 
-DivKRHiTY  OF  Opinion, 
-A  Contrast, 

-LaNGUAOK   as  I)    CUKED, 

-Mklody  and  Mouunino, 
-A  Hard  IIkajit, 
-Si'si'icioNs  AND  Visions, 
-A  Tot:(iH  Hide,. 

-iSlIADK    AND    .SUN.SIIINB, 
-CoN(JKNIAI,    AND    UNCONGENIAL, 

-(^'hakacterh, 

-MAStiCERADINU,     . 

-(^ravk-Vards,     . 

-A  Storv,    . 

•A  Stranger, 

■A  Long  Fareweix, 

-V  Cold  Customer, 

Henry  and  Emma, 
—Sad  and  Glad, 
. — A  Stra-vger, 
— A  (3  reek  Word, 
— A  Bi'D  OF  Promise, 
—Making  a  Vocation, 
— Si'DDEN  News,  . 

— L0NGIN<;S,    . 

-A   Harder, 

-CrRIOSITY,   . 

-The  L\d,   .        .        .' 


ring 
.      lUl 

.  10« 

.  Ill 

.  121    , 

.  121) 

.   i;{.) 

.     142  ^ 

.  mo  I 

•  i^'.i 

.    166  i 

.    173  ^ 

.    181  ^ 

.    190 

.197     Tw  the  1 

.    20.')r^iblin,  ca 

.    2171^^^'it''"  tli£ 
227  •'l^ted  to  j 

.    238  j'^  ^'*^«^' 
fith  its  raa 


2o;) 
2i)0 


iir-off  dest 
in  Irish  he 

•  2^-^  kaving  the 
*.    2C8  |jr  this,  str 

•  27G  |)ect  now  o 
.  282  I' one  longi 
.    290  Iher's  land 

.    293  t)'^  describe 

.    302  ^^'lo  can,  \ 

.    311    f^'^'u  the  bi 

\vere  spent  1 


WELL!    WELL! 


ciiaptp:r  I. 


A  PRELUDE. 


.    lui 

.     108  * 
.     Ill 
.    12i   , 
.    129  1 
.    U5  ^ 
.    142  ' 
.     lad 
.    157 

.   ir.o 
.   17;} 

•      181   ;l 

.    190  ^ 

.197  Tw  ihe  begii»nin<?  of  May,  18—,  an  emigrant  vessel  from 
.  2or)r^»Win,  carrying  with  her  many  a  heavy  heart,  but  ono 
.  217  %'^^''^'''  t'''^"  ""y.  ^^'^  sail  for  America.  It  was  a  (hiy  cal- 
.  227  4'1'ited  to  gladden  even  the  breast  of  an  exile,  for  the  breeze 
238  ?  ^^Qs^^,  the  skies  were  fair,  and  the  sun  was  making 
240^^'^^^  everything  hdow.     And  on  did  that  little  colony, 

23")  ^'^^^  ^^^  ™^"^  ''"'''''^''•"^'  '^^^  ™^"^  ^^^^^  ^"^^  ^^^^^'  ^^^^^  for  its 

2'')  ^^^'^^  destination.     Each  heart  within  felt  as  periiaps  only 

in  Irish  heart  best  feels,  that  in  leaving  "  home,"  it  was 

•  ^-^  kaving  the  world  itself.     Yet  it  were  hard  to  blame  them 
•.    2C8  |or  thjg^  strangers  and  all  as  they  are  to  the  unknown  j)ros- 

•  27C  |ect  now  opening  before  them.  Who  can,  without  casting 
.  282  I  one  longing,  lingering  look  behind,"  fly  away  from  his  fa- 
.  290  fher's  land  and  his  own?  Wiio  can,  without  a  pang  not  to 
.  295  t)e  described,  leave  the  fatlier  and  mother  that  he  loves? 
.  302  i^lio  can,  without  a  saddening  memory,  tear  himself  away 
.  311  ^^"^'u  the  brothers  and  sisters  with  whom  his  happiest  days 

%vere  spent  ?     And  who  can,  witiiout  fears  untold,  turn  him- 
f'-'--.  to  that  wide  wild  we.st  to  which  our  ship  In  gokg  — 


i 


8 


well!   wellI 


'ftc'ii  beei 
le  was  a 
itle  of  I] 
!ie  grand 


w...r»  no  face  o(  w,-l,-,„„c.,  I,ut  Mdx  out  litil„  ,.|'e  .1,.  f»  hor  ^. 

he  hut  fairly  k,„w  ,t,  a  ,l„rk,  a,„l  dreary  n-iou      .Ti.  ;  P'^^'' 

™.  u  place  of  da,„er„  au.l  „elu.si„„s,  of"  ,,„:„..„;,  J^      l...  I. 

>^>  i-S  and  the  fearful   threats  of  stonnv  s,.a>u_.,i  i  f""  '"   •-' 

worse  than  du-pwavk,  „„d  the  death  of  fr^Js    ™d       f '^  S™".1 

:  'm  "    *'"  """  """  ""^  -l-P-triai:        ;;"',     'Oil,n,Uar',. 

itvtr  anu  the  tuiiune  tlioinselves  Patrick  K 

nohly  from  I       '  '1  "'       "''" '""-' '"  ''"'"'■  4       ""  ' 

aai  wno  makes  her  now  his  home  1     Will  fh™  .„  i  J»ol*"  so  i 

fathers  taut,  then-  .^      r"^      *  """■■■  '-•'""'^"'  ««  their  ¥'"'''•  ™" 
.wande,^^'^'''!"''"'T''"'^^"''<«''^''''<'t'''^arenow  ^'"P"^'"'  <» 

an/:::::,rf^^"-i--SLr.=^^^^ 

faithful  and  true  to  their  religion  ?    And  „i,!  the"  i     '"  "'"  " 


■A    TALE. 


9 


nation  cspoeiall 
t  little  I'Ise  til, 

wood.s  niid  wili 
west  is  iiKiccd, 
region.     'Ti.s  W 
ilmdovvs  and  iir 

it  offers  to  iiji 

of  einploymem 
•ist,  liave  MuiM 
L'ver  cttific  trr„ 
er  and  uiotli. 

tht'  r  ifdness  ot 
my  seaf^— trial 
rieuds,  and  tli 

in  fine,  wor;;; 


l)ears  with  hei 
ike  to  know,  a 
the  lot  of  end 
^ill  they,  eaeli 
•  the  last,  the 
l»t-T  love,  and 
vho  have  just 
!,  as  they  lovt 
parents — the 
'dren,  as  their 
i  they  are  now 
broad,  as  they 
nr  d'-fend,  as 
to  love  God, 
only  One. 
eir  ministers, 
nd  will  thev 


hr  foiHl  Of  their  n.lhor»' ,-  .,„try,  „,„1  ,„-,i„,     ;,  ■,  ,,„|,„. 
;«  h-r  Kl.M-,o,„  „„„nl..y     ,v,„l  ,vin  ,lK.y  r,.tui„,  „„,!  „,,„,. 
^i;t  to  th,  .r  .ilTspmiK,  their  (teuiiinc  Celtic  immes-or  nitlier 
»Ma2h,^»m.m  so,,,.,  after  U«y,    nil  hhaself  Du'^^.v  J, 
<   line,,,  a  lirh.e,  a„  O'lluru,  a  Hare,  a  iU„|,o„y,  MaHoiiio  ? 
Uiie  knov\s — only  One. 

Kelly-a  good  old  name-has  been  met  before  now  with 
?srael  to  its  front.     Israel  Kelly  .oun.ls  very  strangh^y  in- 
^I'H'd  I     Was  there  ever  in  Ireland,  sinee  the  days  of  St 
^|t.u•k,  sueh  a  Jewish-Irish  name?     Never-but  it  has 
i>ten  been   found  in  Ameriea.     Who  was   Israel   Kelly  ^ 
pJe  was  a  convert  (?)  to  the  Baptists,  and  he  had  the  loft^ 
title  of    Doaeo...     Deaeon  Israel  Kelly-a  Baptist  !-was 
Ihe  gnuHlsoii  of  a  tine  old  Irishman,  as  firm  in  his  ft.  th  as 
«>ibratarV.  rock  is  firm  upon  its  basis;  but  the  phur    old 
i  atriek  Kelly-Israel's  grandfather-would  not  shnp.    his 
J)eard  to  any  modern  fashion  ;  neither  would  he  sport  to  his 
hirt  an  exquisite  collar,  nor  could  he  be  induced  by  any 
■arment  going  to  forego  that  blue,  familiar  J^oi^^.i/  whirh 
looked  so  well  in  its  blaze  of  good  brass  buttons.     And  for 
^his,  his  son  and  namesake  Pat,  when  come  to  the  "age  of 
l^eason,"  grew  in  the  first  place  perfectly  ashamed  of  his  un- 
jprogressive  sire  ;  in  the  second  place,  grew  ashamed  of  that 
^ires  i,oor  shabby  religion  ;  and  in  the  last  j.lace,  joined  the 
Baptists,  made  a  speech,  and  was  "dipped."     Then   in  due 
course,  came  the  little  prattling  Kelly,  rejoicing^not  by 
;i)apt.sm,  for  he  was  not  baptized  for  years-yet  rejoicing 
pn  the  while  in  the  name  of  Israel.     Deacon  Israel  Kelly 
V^a,  a  living  reality  at  last,  and,  what  with  his  puritan 
imme,  his  puritan  bigotry,  and  all  that  makes  a  hater  of  the 
Catholic  faith,  belied  his  Catholic  name  and  his  Catholic 


origm. 


in  the  neighborhood  of  Kellv    thero  wi"  nnotl^-^-    -}■- 

1* 


I 


10 


well!   w  e  l  l I 


very  l.neamonts  of  whose  face  would  tell  you  that  he  wn. 

born  „pou  ;  the  sod."    1„  his  young  days,  and  on  through 

nnmy  of  h.s  old  days,  O'Neil  was  in  the  habit  of  going  ^o 

confession,  and  of  abstaining  upon  Fridays  from  flesh  nfeaf 

but  now  he  followed  no  more  those  ancient  practices,  and  he 

aug  ed  at  h,s  country's  faith.     He  experienced  upon  a  cer- 

am  day-  twas  hard  to  tell  when-a  certain  feeling,  which  in 

reah ty  was  no  more  certain  than  the  day  itself,  but  whi 

was  mterpreted  by  the  ''initiated"  as  Lka^^e  of  tr 

Poor  Jerry  O'Neil-afterwards  called  Brother  N^I-fo' 

|,;ottmg  old  times,  and  old  faces,  and  old  scenes,  forgetting 

-  c--ence,  older  than  all,  openly  renounced  his  rdig 

a  Methodist  meetmg-house.     Thus  it  sometimes  is 

And  what  are  the  descendants  of  Kelly  and  O'.Xeil  to- 
day .-haters  and  abominators  of  everything  Catholic.    You 
w. II  fid  an.ong  them  no  Denis,  no  Michael,  no  Bernard 
no  Patnck-you  will  find  among  then,  no  Mar^,  no  Br  Z' 
no  Nancy  no  Winifred.     Oh  !  no.     But  Gusttus  Hham 
Wisdom  Jac  son,  Lavinia,  Esther,  Judith,  Mariam^e    les 
■-these    orced  unchristian  names  are,  alas  I  the  perp  t  I 

tors  of  a  hue  which  was  for  many  an  age  o-raced  a^Lll 

nn.ht  be  with  pearls,  with  many^  lov^   t^^^Z:  ^^S 

have  aded  out  from  that  pedigree  for  ever 
Sail  on  then,  beautiful  ship,  and  bear  thou  with  thee  uo 

renegade  like  these  I  "° 


Many 

what  voys 
Fair  days 
Carae  upoi 
our  ship  ec 
Course  fri^ 
created  a  y 
anywhere  i 
a  one  who 
moment. 
|o  calm  tl 
are  now  a 
Still  went  1 
i)ut  us  as] 
itself."  Tl 
abated,  anc 
iv^as  empha 
just  thien. 
g  But  the; 
Ivanderers  1 
For  seve 
liad  been  s 
that  no  hof 
to  live  alto< 
tiiul  besides 
l^efbre  he  f( 
iojiiiiiig  old 


A    TALE. 


^oa  that  he  was 
and  on  through 
ibit  of  going  to 
from  llesh  moat; 
Jractices,  antl  he 
iced  upon  a  ccr- 
feeh'ng,  wliich  in 
:tself,  but  which 
^a7ige  of  heart. 
lier  Neal— for- 
ones,  forgetting 
?ed  his  rehgion, 
i  a  situation  iu 
!ies  is. 

md  O'Neil  to- 
Catholic.   You 
1,  no  Bernard, 
17,  no  Bridget, 
^tavus,  Hiram, 
ariamne,  tliese 
the  perpetua 
Bd,  as  a  string 
,  whose  names 


11 


I 


CHAPTER  II. 

SICKNESS    AXD    SORROW. 


with  thee  uo 


Many  things  might  be  related  about  that  voyage,  for 
What  vojage^was  ever  taken  that  did  not  prove  eventful? 
Fair  days  and  foul  days-^the  latter  the  more  numerous- 
came  upon  the  waters,  and  went.     The  first  storm  which 
our  ship  encouiitered,  though  far  from  being  the  heaviest  of 
course  frightened  the  women  nearly  out  of  their  wits  and 
created  a  world  of  disorder.    "  Captain  dear  1  put  us  ashore 
anywhere  at  all."  was  a  sentcmce  often  ejaculated  by  many 
a  one  who  thought  of  notliing  but  the  safety  of  the  passing 
moment.    'Twas  to  no  [uirpose  that  the  captain  mildly  tried 
|o  calm  them  by  replying,  "Good  women  I  be  easy-you 
^re  now  as  far  from  one  land,  as  you  are  from  another." 
Btill  went  up  the  frecpient  appeal—"  Oh  I  Captain  agragal ! 
put  us  ashore  anywhere  at  all,  snpposin'  it  was  Afraky 
itself."    The  danger,    however,    was   little,   for  the  wind 
f  bated,  and  a  calm  came  on  which  to  the  affrighted  creatures 
^as  emphatically  about  as  great  a  consolation  as  possible 
yust  then. 

I    But  there  Was  something   besides  storms  to  try  those 
fvanderers  from  home. 

3  For  several  days  a  yoimg  man  of  about  eighteen  years 
|md  been  severely  ailing,  and  at  length  had  grown  so  bad 
that  no  hopes  were  entertained  of  his  recovery.  He  seemed 
*o  live  altogether  in  himself.  He  had  no  relative  on  board, 
find  besides  he  was  naturally  of  a  \ery  contemplative  mood! 
Before  he  fell  sick,  he  employed  all  his  time  in  reading,  and 
xouiiitig  old  roils  of  manuscripts.     It  was  conjectured  by  all 


J2 


wei.lI    wkllI 


that  he  must  be  some  student,  and  it  was  not  conjectured  f, 
in  vain.     He  was  nothing  else.  '  J*^""™!  k 

A  student  is  always  an  obj'ect  of  interest  will,  tl.c  Tri,l, 
and  perhaps  n,ore  so  tlmu  witl,  any  otl,er  peo,  I        ri! 

Urn,  ty,  *|nch  they  sliowed  to  the  mere  sicli  youth  was  , 

man.  Crod  help  liini  I"  another  would  rrv   "  fn. 

the  wi,d  ocean,  and  bis  poor  mot^^fot  Z^r '     ""gS  i" 

-  :-r:tirs;-i:---F 

Among  the  many  who  constantly  visited  the  .,Vt  ...  .1 

sympathy  very  distinct  from  that  wbi^l,  ^-o  >"owea  a 

others.     What  was  it?    Md   h    ,1     J; p """^ '"  *'"» 
own  were  similar  ■>    Did  IT  '  ""'  """^  ''" 

which  she  now  showed  It  TT"  '""'  ""  '"■'"""=^^' 
herself?    Was      fl  1      ,'      ?      "'  ™'  <'">'  '"'^^''^^  for 

at  that  stritv  J: d  :!!rr°"  *"^  '^^*'  *"■'*  ^■■^  f*. 

she  felt  before  It  !nv       f      ^"■'""'  °"''  ''»"<»■  ^^an  ever 
ueioie  at  any  similar  scene  ?    Perhan<i  so     R.  *    .■ 

this  we  shall  hear  in  some  future  clcnt, t      !  ^>, 


Ib  hi.^sing 
and  frieu 
for  the  1 

listers  he 

>    The  pi 

hear  the 

him  ;  hoi 

i'irgins  !  ■ 

fere  joining 

tiiortal  sii 

iiot  leave 

Jirst  ohtai 

tidoral)Ie 

iiid,  thonj 

liared  to 

Vantiiig  11 

|iis  faee  ai 

^vater  is  e^ 

iiiraof  tha 

last  fit  hi: 

liappiness  : 

■    There  is 

lias  long  a; 

fl(iiek-raad( 

ithe  dead  \ 

fwhich  is  tc 

iiary  place. 

borrow  dee 

vanishes  in 

0  mothe 

|lrom  thy 


But  what  art  thou,  human  aid  !  when  thfarr 


""  yji  ucaui 


Yet  bear  u 


^^s  iiolmng 


A    TALE. 


13 


ot  conjectured  sc 


t  witli  the  IrisI), 
peo])le.  This  is 
1  student.  The 
:  youth,  was  nn- 
i-mer  when  thej 

for  the  Church, 
Montreal.  All 
ifferer  whatever 
»oy,"  one  would 

the  fine  youii<r 
,  "far  away  on 
ar."  "  God  is 
He  will  restore 
'ro*v  .ndhope, 
i  for  the  suffer- 


le  sick  youth, 
'  fevered  brow 
itly  showed  a 
ommon  to  the 
'  case  and  her 
the  kindness, 
required  for 
that  she  felt, 
ier  than  ever 
so.     But  of 
^e  mean  time  " 
0  heaven,  for 
}etitioii  than 


^"   ui  UL'UUi 


hissing  on  the  wing  ?     Cease  your  endeavors,  countrymen 
nd  friends  1  the  student  shall  never  see  land.    His  mother, 
for  the  last  time,  has  kissed  his  cheek.     If  brothers  and 
listers  he  have,  they  will  never  find  his  grave. 
I    The  passengers  and  crew  have  gathered  around  him  to 
hear  the  last  sigh  that  he  draws.     "  Holy  Mary  !  pray  for 
Iiim  ;  holy  Mother  of  God  !  pray  for  him  ;  holy  Virgin  of 
Virgins  1  pray  for  him."     Every  kindred  tongue  and'heart 
fire  joining  in  that  litany.     There  is  no  priest  at  hand,  yet  no 
mortal  sinner  is  departing.     Lovers  of  God,  like  him,  will 
liot  leave  home  to  trust  their  lives  to  a  perilous  ocean  without 
first  obtaining  forgiveness  for  their  sins,  and  receiving  the 
l»dorable  sacrament.    The  dying  yout>  has  received  both, 
find,  though  no  hand  is  near  to  anoint  him,  he  is  going  pre- 
|)ared  to  his  God.     And  the  blessed  water,  which  never  is 
\vanting  in  a  ship  where  a  Catholic  is  found,  is  sprinkled  on 
•  |iis  face  and  pillow— and  the  blessed  candle,  by  which  that 
Ivater  is  ever  accompanied,  is  placed  in  his  hands,  reminding 
fiimof  that  light  of  faith,  and  good  works,  which  now  at  the 
Jast  fit  his  spirit  with  angelic  plumes,  and  waft  it  away  to 
liappiness  and  rest. 

^  There  is  no  necessity  to  wait  for  preparations.  His  grave 
ias  long  ago  been  dug,  and  his  coffin  needs  no  nailing. '  The 
fluick-made  sack  is  quickly  put  around  him— the  prayers  for 
ihe  dead  are  as  quickly  pronounced— and  the  heavy  stone, 
fwhich  is  to  bear  him  to  his  resting,  is  attached  to  the  ordi- 
nary place.  'Mid  silence  then  deep  as  midnight,  and  'mid 
sorrow  deep  as  the  seas,  down  goes  that  coffinless  clay,  and 
5^•a^ishes  in  a  moment. 

0  mother  of  the  lonely  student !  tears  of  blood  will  flow 
|rom  thy  heart  when  thou  hearest  of  this  dreary  burial- 
^ct  bear  up,  old  mother  I  bear  nobly,  faithfully  up.  There 
'-^  notljing  more  dismal  in  tlie  deep  than  the  worms  in  the 


^iis 


14 


wellI   wellI 


Boa,  mmnT»;  poor     '  'r  "     .?'""''  "'  "  ^''™->-'"  Jlr  "™ 

noi^oplesimi    e,    t   t      r        '  *""  ""^  f"^  thee- '°'"- fr 

with  flowers  •  yet  nr  tl  ,    ^  *  '™'  """^  ^"•™  «  ovrr  •*  '"1"'^ 

heavy  earo";i^^l:i;t;r;:  "''^'"''''''^^  ""^^  »"-  ^^  ■■«  f""' '" 
hearties,,  world  «S  aC  ^  ;i?r.rr"" ''''"  "^  ,'"'"'""' 
ness-no  trouble,  win  1„       Z  *  *""«  "^  Wtter-  ''"^  ''^•' '" 

will  try  ther„rev  relT  '.  f  P^"^^-"  -eighty  task.  ,  ^^  - 
Peace  to  thy  a"he  LdT  /*  T '^^  ""^  ''''  '^^  f""-.  '"^  "^ 
thoa  lie,t,  the  t™l!"1    f  *t  ""^  ^''"' '     ^"  down  „s  "=""■"'"« 

a  bli.„f„i  tale  t  r  ''""  *'  '~'  ""<»  ™»  'hee  to  •^^-™"y 

•'^*  rejoiced  a 

Imve  neil 

■houses  1 

home,  but 

flow.     Ye 

fcunshine  c 

general  fl; 

jtoiy.     ^ 

t)nes  leap 


CHAPTER  III. 

DREAMS  AND  REALITIES. 


ins  on  the  linM,         f  "'"'  "*  '''^'  announced.     Blcs-    "^  'y''  »' 

that  P'eilX    :Vttt    "„r"  *'^'"'""    I'™'"    *""'""  ^ 
To  one  returf  in.  arte;  a  ,„      "/""^^  "  gave  all  there  I 

i«  nothing  so  It::  zi  tr; '°  i"  """"''■  '"- 

strange  sights,  however  betti    1     .?:/""■     ^"  *"^' 
are  deprived  of  their  sweete,r      ',  '  """  '"^  ""'road,    , 

home.     His  heart  laTs^  It      "'''' '"™"'''™^  "^ '■'■^    "n" 

and  pride,  a.  its  gratefu   1        ,  '"'^  """*'''"'  ""'  ''o^'asy    ,  ,^<»> 

grateful  shore  looms  up  bluely  in  the  di^.    '^"^^"^ 


toe,  that  p 
fGod  be: 
i>f  gratific 
fciid  men,  i 
p'ring,  noi 
©H'n  espeeii 
Down  b( 
;e  iri] 


A    TALE. 


lb 


'gli  not  flunff  intr 
i  of  a  gravc-jard 
is  with  God,  and 

stole  indeed  sliall 
blaze  for  thee— 
and  fervent  disci- 
nd  strew  it  ovct 
•  after  all,  for  no 
y — no  false  and 
*afts  of  bitter- 
0  weighty  tasks 
J  first  fair  fame. 
Far  down  as 
md  call  tliee  to 


3  passed  over 
need,     Bless- 
'gs  I    Land  ! 
■e  all  there  I 
ountry,  there 
ri.     All  the 
seen  abroad, 
lations  of  his 
*ith  ecstasy 
}'  in  the  dis- 


|anee.     His  thoughts  ontstrip  the  wind.,,  and  bear  him  ,o 
«.c  bc,„gs  w,th  whom  men,ory  is  insep'a-ably  ent   i  e d 

I ;  ic  tT„  ir  "Vr"""*',"''"  """"■'■'"">■'  '»-^^  ■"'" 

« ir|,.c.st  m  hfe.     The  rapture  which  it  gives    ropavs    a 
ousand  times,  that  killing  sicl  ness  of  U,e  heart  which 
on,es  from  lass  of  home;  it  repays,  a  thousand  t  mes      1 
aangers  ,vlucl,  have  threatened  us  whether  by  land  or  'se 
t  repays,  a  thousand  times,  the  sufferings  which  «  la  e 
borne  fron,  the  long  bleak  winters  of  the  Ltl.,  or  tte  b  rL 
ug  summers  of  the  south  ;  it  repays,  a  thousand  tim  1  even 
the  ac.  umulated  toils  and  tears  of  a  whole  life  itself 
^  ISO  wonder.     "A  local  halitation"  is  in  itself  a  jewel 
and  much  more  so  is  a  happy  and  plentiful  home      One 
returmng  to  Ins  country  from  a  foreign   excursion    Z 
generally  both  the  one  and  the  otl,er.     /.rray  well  be 
rejceed  at  the  sight  of  land.     But  how  is  it'^^Lse  wh 
;ave  ne,the.  a  local  habitation  nor  a  name,  mucUes! 
.  houses  and  home,  and  heritage,  and  lands?"    KotU  ! 
l.ome,  but  leaving  it,  is,  alas  I  the  burden  of  our    uS 
tow      Ye   what  cloud  of  sorrow  is  not  streaked  with  Le 
.unsh,„e  of  joy  ?    That  announcement  of  land  has  c  eateTI 
fio^eral  fl,,tter  among  the  houseless  and  homeless  oour 
«o,y     Weary  ones  forget  their  lassitude,  and  exhausted 
0  es  leap  up  refreshed  and  restored.     There  is  a  st  "  i  ' 
of  eyes  and  a  stretching  of  necks,  and  a  standing  on  t ,! 
oe,   hat  pamt  expectation  fully.     "■  God  be  praised  1"  and 
.God  be  thanked  I"  are  heart-felt  exclamations.     A  glow 
»f  gmt,flcat>on  irradiates  every  countenance.     Childr   ' 

nrrwIoT™  «°"n '■^'■"°"  ""  ""-^  "-"'  ^^ 
"^^  ^^®^^'  Sleeping  a  sleep  which  was 


fc  fl 


16 


well!   well! 


im> 


the  swoetest  of  her  voyage,  and  dreaming  a  dream  which 
made  that  rest  more  balmy.     The  vision  was  land,  too,  but 
not  American  land.     Suddenly  she  started  up,  as  if  wakened 
by  some  frightful  fancy.     She  looked  around  her  in  bewil- 
derment,  and  soon  understood,  by  the  conversation  and 
bustling  above,  that  she  was  nigh  the  shore.     She  attrl- 
buted  her  waking  to  the  excitement  on  deck,  and  she  felt 
thankful  to  the  sounds  that  woke  her,  not  because  they 
filled  her  ear  with  the  cry  of  land,  but  because  they  freed 
her  from  a  dream,  which,  though  beautiful  in  the  beginning 
hung  upon  her  towards  the  close  like  the  shadows  of  eter- 
nity.    She  had  no  faith  in  dreams.     The  painful  slumber, 
which  that  one  just  passed  had  caused  her,  was  all  that 
made  the  aream  remembered.     It  was  this :— She  thought 
that  she  was  kneeling  in  her  own  parish  chapel,  and  the 
tune  was  Holy  Thursday.     At  the  side  of  the  main  altar 
there  was  erected  a  little  shrine,  adorned  with  a  profusion 
of  lights  and  flowers.     The  blessed  Sacrament  had  been 
as  usual,  placed  there  for  the  adoration  of  the  faithful' 
Hundreds  well  known  to  her-the  friends  and  acquaintances 
of  childhood-were  making  their  meditations  in  different 
places  within  the  church.     The  holy  sadness,  which  comes 
over  every  one  who  participates  in  the  devotions  proper  to 
such  a  time,  had  absorbed  her  very  soul.     Presently  she 
thought  that  every  one  around  her  fell  suddenlv  dead  before 
her  eyes-a  blood-red  hand  swept  the  adorable  Host  from 
the  altar-the  atmosphere  became  thick  and  heavy— every 
hght  was  extinguished,  and  the  darkness  of  midnight  pei- 
vaded  the  holy  precincts. 

The  strange  and  terrible  vision  was  startling  in  the  ex- 
treme.    She  arose  from  it,  and  was  nearly  exhausted.     The 
Bight  of  land  which  gladdened  so  much  every  one  on  board 
was  a  thmg  for  which  she  appeared  to  care  very  little     To 


her  the  s 

many  fri( 

felt  no  lo 

v^liown  he 

mind  it  \ 

throughoi 

dent,  ovei 

watery  gr 

I>rospect  ( 

cabin  still, 

i't'W  hours 

^vho  board 

iast  makii 

bound. 

"Well,r 

x\o,  sir 

I     "Letm( 

■so,  and  fbi: 

than  the  h 

|siekiiess. 

;j    "Have  ] 

Jofficer  kindl 

i    "iVo,"wi 

"  Have  y 

He  was  a 

"Poor  th: 

indeed,  and 

These  sevi 

l^'liieh  showe 

|-    y  interest 

|)f  a  grade  si 


yit'r  easy  ms 
Ino-ether  with 


i  dream  wliich 
land,  too,  but 
as  if  wakened 
I  her  in  bewil- 
eersation  and 
!.     She  attri- 
:,  and  she  felt 
because  tlioj 
ise  they  freed 
he  beginning, 
lows  of  eter- 
inful  slumber, 
was  all  that 
-She  thought 
apel,  and  the 
B  main  altar 

a  profusion 

nt  had  been, 

the  faithful. 

cquaintanccs 

in  different 
which  comes 
ns  proper  to 
Presently  she 
'  dead  before 
e  Host  from 
eavy — every 
lidnight  per 


A    TALE. 


n 


ig  in  the  ex- 
listed.     The' 
le  on  board, 
Y  little.     To? 


her  the  sea  was  as  good  a  refuge  as  the  land.  She  had  as 
nmny  fnends  „.  one  place,  as  she  had  in  the  otl  er  She 
lelt  no  longmg  for  leno-fh  nf  rio-.     m  ^  "^nu.     one 

t  .ro„„hout.     Therefore  it  was  that  she  considered  the  st„ 
.lout,  over  whom  such  sorrows  were  shown  hapnie    '       ; 

Ust^mak,ng  her  wa,  „p  the  harbor  to  Which  she  ::: 

,       >o,  sn,    siK,  replied,  "bnt  I  am  weary  and  vcr^  weak  " 

,       I.  t  me  feel  yonr  pulse,"  continued  the  officer     He  did 

and  found  that  there  was  nothing  the  matter  toh  ' 

'iless         '""  "■"  '""^"^  ^''"«'''"™'  °P«  <»  fit  of  J 

.onicc^Wndf;"  ™^  "^O""'"'™''-  -  the  city?"  asked  the 

"  Xo,"  was  the  reply. 

''Have  you  any  relatives  on  board  ?" 

He  was  answered  in  the  negative 

''Poor  thing  1^'  he  whispered  to  himself,  "you  are  lonelv 
"deed,  and  your  condition  is  very  hard  "  ^ 


18 


well!   w  e  l  l  1 


small  white  hands,  immediately  impressed  him  with  the 
tlioujrht,  that  hers  must  be  some  mysterious  fate.  Eager  to 
ascertain  all  about  her,  he  inquired  whether  she  would  con- 
bent  to  come  and  live  in  his  house.  She  was,  of  course, 
happy  in  having  such  an  offer  made  her,  and  accordingly 
accepted  the  proposal  with  thanks. 

The  ship,  in  the  meanwhile,  had  anchored  in  the  port,     p^ 
and,  after  a  short  time,  the  passengers  were  pronounced  free^,,^^!;^^!!."^ 
to  go  on  shore.     In  a  few  hours  the  whole  assemblage  were^,,  of  the 
standing  in  one  of  the  largest  cities  of  the  western  world  g<|.iption 
Each,  as  his  fancy  led  h  n,  took  the  path  which  he  was  des- doctor  wis 
tmed  to  pursue.     'Twas  like  another  scattering  of  the  human  pfl^pectable 
family  wnen  the  world  had  emerged  from  the  waters.    They  eminent  toe 
parted,  and  perhaps  never  met  again,  as  they  and  ourselvt^^^.t  he  was 
now  part.     Of  their  history  no  word  has  been  written,  andat  spn.P  of 
few  words  told.     They  mingled  w.h  that  mighty  mass,  theiR-ivalin  1 
fluctuatuig  crowd,  aud  made  no  great  excitement.     Theyfho  would 
had,  no  doubt,  their  struggles  and  their  hopes,  their  sucj  would  bp 
cesses  and  defeats.     But  enough.     Nothing  farther  of  theml  sensible 
will  be  known,  till  comes  the  day  of  general  revelation,  ions     On] 
when  the  high  and  the  low  shall  assemble  together,  and  GocjIukt'  fellov, 
be  the  arbiter  of  all.  jfUMj,  reiiov 

it  would  n( 

Jey  were  c 

-(wledge  o: 

|eu  he  was 

\iy,  or  on  t 

iself,  of  m 

^ler  hand,  j 

irely  into  t 

Jen  led  hiras' 

(ing  forehe 

lich,  if  it  h{ 

i(.;u  the  mou 


A     TALE. 


him  with  the 
'ate.  Eager  to 
she  would  con- 
was,  of  course, 
nd  accordingly 


l\9 


CHAPTER  lY. 

BACHELORSHIP   AN'D    ITS    COXSEQUENCES. 


.e,«b  ?w  r^;;tr;  ''L  T'  r  t """  ""^  '"''""^' "»» "  «™'^-''- 

weBtorn  worlil  *  .     "'"i"'"  ""'''•     ^.s  peculiarities  deserve  some  de- 

and  o«rsdv!'«';T''       '  '"  T'  "'""  ''^""'•'™-'''  of  ^-  Profession. 
nUZ  an  W         *"r  ?.      "'  ''"'"''-''  «"»*">"»ly  ^^ke  in  the  tn- 

emir  i^ey#;      '",f  T™?' '"  ""^  f"™"  •«  ''-1'  '-^''-l-'^  "«»• 
her  of  theml         , ,     ""^  '"  "  '™P'Srace  like  Doctor  M'Dongald  ? 

ther,  and  Godj|  „g  fe|,o„,  just  „nt  of  eollege.     He  had  tresses  of  ha,? 
■it  would  not  uiibecome  even  the  brow  of  Absalom  himself 
ey  were  curly,  dark,  and  flowing,  and,  as  far    as  the 
uwledge  of  any  one  went,  had  no  equal  in  the  conntry 
leu  he  was  tall  and  graceful,  without  doubt  ;  and  in  com- 
uy,  or  on  the  street,  had  a  knaek,  peculiar  to  nobody  but 
nselt  of  makmg  an  oriental  bend,  and  putting  to  his  lip 
Pier  hand,  as  the  case  might  be,  with  a  grace  that  flung 
trely  into  the  shade  the  most  exquisite  Parisian  th..  ever 
■eaied  himself  to  America.     Moreover,  he  hr,d  a  high  re- 
l'"g  forehead,  and  a  coal-black,  beaming  eye,  and  a  face 
"*,  If  It  had  any  fault  at  all,  was  too  pretty  for  a  man 
'  the  moustache-which  certain  people  of  a  certain  age 


<♦  i'n 


20 


W  E  L  L  I     W  R  L  L  I 


^oiild,  through  a  kind  of  peevishness,  call  a  mistake  nol 

moustaehe-even  this,  considered  by  others  as  an  incleseri 

able  charm,  belonged  to  the  doctor  as  certainly  as  any  n, 

session  of  which  he  boasted.     Yet  for  all  this,  who  won 

t^^ink  of  becoming  the  "better  half"  of  such  an  individual 

Nobody.     Yet,   strange  to  say,   M'Dougald   was   not  , 

all  disposed  to  be  sad  ;  why?  for  this  particular  reason  p. 

haps,  more  than  any  other,  that  he  imagined  himselflf, 

tiie  present  at  all  ovents-a  ^^/ec^  whole,  and  therefore  nev. 

once  thought  of  asking  for  a  better  half.     And  thus  can 

the  bachelor's  hall. 

A  bachelor's  hall-be  it  known  now-is  no  freer  fro: 
annoyances  than  any  other  establishment.     This  is  a  triitl 
which,  at  no  very  late  day,  came  upon  the  doctor  with  pov 
erful  effect,  and  showed  him,  distinctly,  that  his  love  of  "sin^i 
blessedness  "  was  not  to  be  indulged  in  without  cost        '' 
The  housekeeper,  who  had  been  recommended  to  him  b 
some  friendly  wag  in  a  fit  of  his  good  humor,  was,  to  say  tl, 
truth,  a  regular  Tartar.     The  friend  who  selected  her  f( 
the  surgeon  did  not,  in  bis  kindness,  tell  of  her  what  i\ 
lawyer  wants  in  evidence,  t.z.,  the  truth,  the  whole  trutl 
and  nothing  but  the  truth.     Yet  he  told  no  lies  •  for  1 
graced  the  document  with  such  captious  names  as  a ' '  stro.i 
healthy  girl,  a  good  washer,  a  clean  housekeeper,  and  a  fiiv 
rate  cook."    For  such  a  housekeeper  as  the  doctor-and  I 
was  the  worst  in  the  world-this  was  a  perfect  article  in  r 
way.    Bell,  which  was  the  name  in  which  this  first-rate  coo 
rejoiced,  was  all  this  and  more,  but  the  ^.rewas  left  for  tl 
doctor  to  discover  by  his  "  larnin'." 

In  personal  appearance  Bell  was  anything  but  a  beaut- 
Her  height  was  bordering  very  closely  upon  six  feet     H 
hair,  which  was  brown  and  frizzly,  considered  by  herself 
no  great  ornament  to  a  housekeeper,  was  generally  left 


^ke  the 

i)r('lioad, 

tionly  higl 

jistincd  h 

♦ere  mine 

lave  been 

fiouth,  wil 

#10  lower  < 

^  from  eai 

#0  a  point 

lixhibit^d  I 

^  deepen. 

4'ei'e,  as  si 

4'ora  swayi 

#1  the  neigl 

f  bullying 

rmcr,  she 

!>  her  day 

ixens  of  h 

hen  occas 

lard."    Su( 

But  Bell 

She  had, 

hom,  for  tl 

lis  unfortui 

thapter  spea 

^'ith  any  dt 

|)retended  tc 

here  about 

ifter.    It  w 

ndertaken  I 

'ther  brand 

ith  Immedii 


A    TALE 


:H 


a«„<A  „o(  Jko  the  position  to  wl.ich  it  was  naturnlly  nron.     H,.r 

t     >y  a.  any  p,  ,o„ly  l.i.h,  a„,l  ,avo  l,cr  an  air  of  command  wliiZ         ll 
lus,  wlio  wo„i  |i,tin.tl  her  to  rule.    Her  eyes  were  lar™  and  f  ,11  I  ,   , 
,  an Jndividn.  fere  rnined  „y  a  na.ele.  L  Z^Z:tJm^Z 

M   was  not  a  |ave  been  painted  by  natnre  expressly  for  the  owner     ll! 

;."";■  7:"",  ■ "'"  "T  "''""• '"  "'"■-"  '"^ ""  -.traced,  i 

LrZf  ;;: '  *  •      "  •^T'"''"'  '"■"'™'"*''  <^'""»"'  "  PO-^lon  near, 
it  ere  0,0  ne>.  J  Irom  ear  to  ear.     H.t  whole  eonntenanee  was  „,a.enline 

And  thns  ca»4na  pomt,  and  t.,e  skin  eovering  that  facial  or.„ni::'il 

s  no  freer  fr„,^  "  tx    '  "'''''■''  '""'^  '""'  """W  ''"«  ''"■'d  «ork 

T  i,       Itr     fere  r"-,        1"^"  ""''  ^^"'"^'^  """-'  •"■<»  ""  ««'» 
Ills  IS  a  trall|ere,  as  she  walked,  excellent  ballast  to  keep  those  n-n„ 

ont  cost    ""^'^* ''>'',"^.«''bo''h«od.  and.  if  need  be,  she  was  no  less  capable 
ont  cost  ||  bnllyn,g  and  boxing.     Of  the  latter,  as  well  as  of  the 

nded   0  h,m    irmer,  she  gave  many  a  remarkable  proof.     S     hid  hid 
jas  to  saytJ,  her  day,  many  a  keen  encounter  of  the  kind  Tot  Itu 

1  htr  what  tfhen  occasion  required,  give  knocks  that  were  "nlaoi.v 
le  whole  trnlJard."    Such  in  part  was  Bell  '^  ^ 

es  Ii"a'"I:L,!l  Sh?  f1'  "T  r'f "'""  '"^  ""■^'-  »•"■'«»  'han  these. 
es  as  a    stronl  She  had,  what  the  doctor  was  not  aware  of  a  hnsb-ind 

per  and  a    .Ihom,  for  three  years,  she  rnled  with  a  rod  of  ir;n      Wh  'e 

firs  : '"  f  :r '"?'''  '^  *  p'^'^" "^  '°f°™'«™  ''«'=i>  -nnot  begii : 

'  "'ff ;  ™'V'*  ™y  'l^g'-'^e  «f  certainty.    It  was  said  by  some  who 
vas  left  for  ,i  fretended  to  know  him,  that  he  got  lost  in  a  fog"  on  : 

but  a  bea,„  T  tl  ^^d'^Toth  ^'t^  Th  "'■''  '''  ""'  "^  '^ 
.,v  f   *     ,,  ,       "^  *^^''"*°  oy  others,  that  having  once  foolishlT 

.^  foet.  1  n,.,lertaken  to  give  his  wife  a  lecture  on  propriety  or  ome 
1  by  herself :  ci.er  branch  equally  unknown  to  her.  he  waslr""": 
:iiera,ly  leit  v.nU  immediate  destruction,  and  had  to  flee  for  his'ufe.^Th'e 


I 


22 


W  E  L  L  I     V\'  E  1,  L  ! 


partios,  who  ^rave  cirnilation  to  this  lattrr  roport,  were  fiil  Itiml  to 
of  opinion  that  the  terrified  ninii  was  still  running  ^oa  the  i 

Sueh  indeed  was  Bell.  amstanees 

The  (loetor  Inid  a  very  expressive  way,  perfectly  InooniJt  every  v 
too,  of  stating  her  qualilic-ations.     When  congratnlaied  l#ght  he  s 
a  friend  on  the  happiness  of  liavir.g  so  exqtn-site  a  cool 
he    would   very   emi)hatieally   rcs].ond— "  Yes,    she   is   ri 
doubt,  tiptop  in  that  way,  b.it  oh,  Tom  !  she 'is  a  i.erf,. 
devil."  ' 

In  a  very  short  time  Bell  gave  full  evidence  of  her  co«iuf  nis  j 
mandmg  abilities,  by  ruling  in  reality  not  only  the  docturit'HHHlents. 
kitchen,  but  the  gentleman  himself.  ,  Taking  it 

Some  three  or  four  months  after  the  opening  of  baclil|"^^<^^r  do,  i 
lor's  hall,  M'Dongald  had  occasion  to  take  a  journr»rtnor  ;  an 
which  would  detain  him  fi-om  home  for  at  least  twf  th  very  ro 
months.  On  his  return  he  found  Bell  in  the  kitcli.f  a  sonnet, 
rocking  an  infant.  By  the  powers  !  that  was  a  stran.Jlt  was  nol 
8pecimen  of  mortality  to  be  found   in  a  bachelor's   haliie  art  of  p( 

To  the  doctor,  not  the  reader,  it  must  have  been  som^  ^ '" 

thing  no  less  than  terrific. 


would  li 
re  to  con 
he  was  ; 
n  throat, 
idc   his  ( 


much   as 
sees  of  sat 


•What's  this,  Bell?"  asked  the  son  of  Esculapius  nje  parties 
mcallv.  a^_    .     , 


[tempts  hac 
irbling  of 
lavailable. 


chanically. 

"It's  my   little   one,   that's  what   it   is"  replied   t 
mother,  proudly.  ■avauable. 

What  did  the  doctor  say  or  do  ?  nothing.  The  mal^ffment  of 
would  not  have  stood  more  still  if  he  had  then  and  thole  believer  i 
met  with  the  fate  of  Lot's  wife.  It  is  a  pity,  howeref  considered 
that  be  could  not  speak,  and  vent  npon  his  honsekeen#^ect  nuisai 
the  anger  which  he  thought  she  deserved.  Had  he  doniong  them. 
BO,  we  should  have  such  changes  of  that  Bell  run"-  oiirfessional  ci 
upon  the  doctor's  ear,  as  would  make  this  record  ofoufrt  was  nee 
as  spicy  as  a  breeze  from  Araby  the  blest  I  folent  fellow 

Without    makinO"    anv    nnrnm'^^*^'-     ^\--        fl?  •    1.  ■     ••     .  ..  Mtrn     -A     i; 

o  —V  ••'"imcaio,  Liiu  aiirightea  travellw      ^^  ^^ 


f 


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23 


pning  of  hat'ii 
take  a  jouriv 
'  at  least  tw 
in  the  kitclif 
was  a  straiu 


report,  were  fuljtirea  to  his  rooms,  and  ther    r.innnated  at  his   leisure 
uuning.  fou  the  pleasures  of  a  l.aehemr's  hall.     UnU.r  si.eh'eir 

jn.ta,u.es  M'Dougakl,  it  must  be  believed,  „u.,st  have 
perfectly  lncon,|t  every  way  but  easy.  He  fdt  as  a  man  under  a  harrow 
-on^rat.ilated  bfcht  be  supposed  to  feel.  It  is  impossible  to  sav  wh-.t 
xq.usite  a  coo«  would  have  doue,  if  the  many  pa.i.^s  whieh  raekc'd  hhn 
ios,  she  is,  „  Jre  to  eoutinue  for  anytime.  Fortunately,  however  just 
she  IS  a  perf.J  he  was  about  deciding  whether  he  hud  better  cut  his 

f ';/';':«^^'  «»•  that  of  his  housekeeper,  a  friend  of  his 
nee  of  her  eoi^ulc  his  appearance,  and  informed  him  fully  of  Bell's 
>nly  the  doetor#fw'edents.  ^ 

•Taking,  it  now  for  ^^ranted  that  a  single  life  would  no 
.;jer  do,  the  doctor  resolved  upon  takin,.  to  himself  a 
r  i.or  ;  and  w.th  this  happy  wholesome  tl.ou.rht.  he  forth- 
th  very  roma.itically  undertook  to  win  a  bride  by  means 
a  sonnet.  ^  "j^uua 

It  was  not  the  first  tin.e  for  Dr.  M'Dou^ald  to  dabble  in 
achelor's   hallfe  art  of  poetry.     A  true  son  of  Apollo,  he  loved  poetry 
avc  been  sonil  much   as  he   loved   physic.     He  had   fathered  several 
>ces  of  satire,  which  proved  by  no  means  agreeable  to 
le  parties  against   whom   they  were   directed      S.ver-d 
tempts  had  been  made  by  excellent  critics  to  hush  the 
trbhng  of  the  medical  muse,  but  all  these  efforts  wcto 
iavailable.     Th.   doctor   had  no  faith  whatever  in  the 
Igment  of  his  cavillers,  and  therefore  continued  a  bona 

""-  "-W'  ^'^17'^  ^^  the  existence  of  his  poetical  powers.    Critics 

pity,  howevel  considered,  were  the  most  abominable  class  in  creation-^ 
is  honsekeep»fect  nuisances.     There   was   not  a  respectable  scholar 
"^ong  them.     The  fact  that  himself  was  a  scholar,  yet  no 
)  essional  critic,  settled  this  point  to  demonstration      All 
j  was   necessary  to  constitute  a  critic  was  that  some 
iolent^fellow  would  place  himself  behind  a  musty  old  desk 
hted  travellel^'S  »'^   ^^^  commuud  an   overflow  of  impudence   which 


Esculapius,  m 

,"  replied   t 

ng.    The  m 
hen  and  thei 


Had  he  do 
Bell  rung  oii 
•ecord  of  ou 


24 


WELL  !     w  E  L  L  ! 


nothing  could  stop,  a  stock  of  fool's  cap,  a  pen  and  a  pro. 
It  made  no  matter  iiow  ignorant  he  might  be,  provided  L 
were  able  to  form  a  tolerable  sentence.     His  ignorance  ri 
the  subject,  upon  which  he  made  his  comments,  was  sJ 
ficientlj  hidden,  and  atoned  for,  so  Jong  as  he  was  co, 
petent  to  deal  out  largely  in  those  essential  conmioditie.  ■. 
whK^h  he  owed  his  position-viz.,  flippancy  and  cffronter 
A  few  measures  of  such  material  showered  upon  a  booi 
were  capital  substitutes  for  learning  and  refinement     T 
admiring  world  applauded  the  wisdom  of  the  oracle   a 
timid  adventurers  up  the  steep  of  fame,   though  in 'the 
hearts  they  despised  the  dictates  of  Fadladeen,  nevertb 
less  trembled   for  their  pages  when  they  thought  of 
frown.  o       ■''■ 

Such  was  the  doctor's  idea  of  critics  in  general 
^    Accordingly,  buoyant  in  the  belief  of  his  skill,  and  radia 
m  the     ^,e  of  victory,  he  hurriedly  seized  his  quill,  a« 
headed  his  paper  with,  "  Stanzas  to  Harriet."    After  throJ 
ing  himself  back  into  his  arm-chair,  and  looking  up  to  ll 
ceding  as  if  to  court  inspiration,  and  scratching  his  ha 
where  such  inspiration  would  appear  to  lie,  he  at  lei.o 
conceived  an  idea  which  was  immediately  embodied  bv  1 
poet  m  the  shape  of  a  line.    Throwing  himself  back  i 
secondtime,  and  performing  similar  operations,  he  awaitJ 
a  new  unpulse,  such  as  would  harmonize  to  his  satisfocti«* 
wi  h  the  aforesaid  heroic.     The  expected  notion  came  ^ 
hehre-from  the  ceiling  tkra^tgh  his   poll,  which  by  til 
time  was  considerably  taxed  with  scratching ;  it  came  m 
Irom  the  meagerness  of  its  body,  seemed  to  be  the  last  d 
an    honored   race.     Back   again  into   the  chair  fell   tl" 
parturient  bard-up  again  to  the  ceiling  turned  his  suppl 
ca  mg  eyes-to  its  wonted  position,  true  as  the  needle  to 
pole,  went  the  still  industrious  hand 


In  vain  I    N( 


Cometh  '. 

it  comes 

Quick  as 

van  of 

perused 

own   app 

I  drawn,  bi; 

«;Mninated 

did  not,  d 

jguit  of  a  f 

the  poem  . 

|to  its  desti 

great  m 

everthelef 

lit  the  fo 

iou,  than  t 

The  day 

'f  the  futui 

iiJ'St  six  mo 

■econciled 

ued,  not  \ 

!"rom  her  bi 

-'ere  doing  ^ 

:he  malady 

itill  Dame  E 

'f  J3ell's  Chi 

Lit'diciue — t 

I'eport  ha 

wore  thai 

if's's  and  coi 

'J  not  reac 

■•>(  siilficient 

king  a  rise 


A     TALE. 


pen  and  a  pros  i 
'>e,  provided  t 
His  ig-norance 
uments,  was  sci 
as  he  was  coi.j 
1  coninioditiei? 
y  and  cffrontcr 
•d  upon  a  booi 
■efinement.     Ti, 
the  oracle,  a 
tlioug-li  in  th 
ideen,  nevertk 


25 


thought  of 


ineral. 
kill,  and  radiai 
i  his  quill,  aii: 
'    After  throf: 
Dking  up  to  lit 
ching  his  hoa- 
,  he  at  lenail 
nbodicd  by  tt; 
limself  back 
)ns,  he  awaitf- 
his  satisfrtctic;! 
otion  came  s; 
which  by  tli'| 
;  it  came,  ainl 
be  the  last 
chair  fell   tl 
led  his  supplj 
e  needle  to  i^ 
^ain  I    No— 1 


tomctl,  late  and  tart™  long,  a  roRular  roval  Charlie  vet 
-t  co,.,e8,  that  lagg,,r,l  li,,o,  and  better  late   tilT    ^ 

vaaofa„„tl.rheroi;'sI;'     t:r7-;"''- 

7"  °P1'™'""<>"-     After  a  &„.  ,i,.,e  anothe     I   e   J 
drawn,  l)ut  it  was  a  hard  one      n,v!!.A.t    i       '  '    ""'    "•'» 

- -ated  the  „,aat.a,  Z.^t^':^;^T  ™"; 

|"«1  not,  daring  the  ,,roees.s,  renu.mhr^l        '    1'  ;:  """ 

ka.t  of  a  .hnffling  nag.-    If  „,  ,„•„,  ,  '^^^^   ;_„-';; 
he  poen.  .„  ,ts  birtl,.     The  s,,i..y  thing  was  at   e^        , 

I'o  Its  de.tn,at,on,  and  thongh  the  author  attribnted  to  t 

t  the  tuture  bndegroom  were  dazzlino-  of  eonr^e      v     .i 

last  six  months  the  honcfnl  \rn„„     i',       ?  "' ""* 

•oconeiled  with  Bell      Be     h  r«    t !  ""  """ 

a  aladj  was  e,,«le„„cal,  and  cut  many  a  fair  flower  do  w 
...oR.„orwas^ 

ch  11  to  the  tree  consent  of  the  man  who  gave  the 

e    n7    °  "°"  '''"""'"'""^  ^"^»-°"-     WhetLr  s    h 
DO.  t  had  come  to  the  ears  of  the  sorrowin..  moti  e 

'    .ore  than  can  be  stated  ;  bnt  from  her  unwo^ecTk    | 
.s  and  condescension  to  the  doctor,  it  is  „rol,ab,e     ,     ' 
lu  not  roach  an  f-n*      ii,.u   \  ,  i^-i-n  n, 

■-;'/>."-n,,,over,,ersor;o„.stowa;;:ath<    ^^""'■'''" 
'Hii]-  a  rise  out  of  his  housck 


IS  tor 


eo 


per  occasionally.     Lia-fd 


26 


w  E  r.  I. 


W  E  L  I. 


.she  had  so  mucli  recovered  from  the  shock,  that  .she  no^r 
and  then  g-avo  tokens  enough  to  convince  him  tiuit  ilw 
(hiys  vi  lier  glory  were  not  yet  over.  Trusting  in  this 
recovery  of  tlie  maid,  and  anxious  for  a  Uttle  frolic,  the  fac-'- 
tious  surgeon  resolved  upon  api)rising  Bell  of  his  intentions. 

'•'  Bell,"  said  he,  one  morning  as  he  sat  down  to  break- 
fast, "  I'm  going  to  be  married." 

"  To  who  ?"  was  the  grammatical  inquiry,  made  in  a  tone 
vhich  sounded  not  so  much  about  tlie  marriage  itself  as 
about  the  person.  It  must  be  observed,  that  Bell  had  her 
own  idea  of  what  that  person  ought  to  be.  She  liad  in  her 
view  a  mate  for  the  doctor,  and  though  she  was  aware  that 
he  had  some  notion  of  the  identical  one,  who,  fortunately  for 
M'Dougald,  was  no  other  than  Harriet  herself,  still  she  was 
nowise  certain  whether  that  was  really  the  one  or  not.  As 
to  Bell's  regard  for  Harriet,  it  is  nothing  here  or  then*. 
However  it  came,  the  former  considered  the  latter  a  par 
agon,  and  for  this  reason  decided  that  the  doctor  shouli 
have  nobody  else.  Aware  of  Bell's  affection  for  his  intend 
cd,  Dr.  M'Dougald  calculated  upon  having  a  moment '> 
frolic  with  her,  by  answering  that  rough  and  ready  to  whi 
of  his  maiden,  in  a  manner  that  could  not  fail  of  putting  ii 
her  "  dander"  to  the  pitch  that  was  desirable. 

"  Why,  didn't  you  hear  it  ?"  he  asked. 

"  No,"  said  tlie  other,  expectantly. 

"  Well,  to  Emily  Wilson,"  roguishly  he  rejoined. 

"  Emily  Wilson — the  devil  1" 

"  Devil  or  no  devil,  Emily  is  the  one,  and  no  mistali 
about  it." 

"  Then  I  tell  yon  that  Emily  Devil  is  not  going  to  comi 
into  this  ar  house." 

Bell  spoke  this  sentence  with  an  emphasis  that  was  trul; 
empliatlo. 


"  I'd  like 
the  doctor. 

'■  What  is 
3?eiTthiiig  to 
3lefi  IS  up,  ai 
ivhiit  would  1 
'or  what  it  ai 

.'iio  wag  \\ 


■A    TALE. 


tluit  slio  now 
lim  that  tliv- 
isting-  in  this 
•olio,  tlic  faee- 
lis  intentions, 
iwn  to  break- 


27 


lade  in  a  tone 
iaj.ce  itself  as 
P,.'ll  had  lici 
10  had  in  In  i 
s  aware  tlui! 
Drtunately  foi 
,  still  she  ■\v;i- 
!  or  not.     .\ 
ere  or  thei.-. 
latter  a  pin 
loetor  shoi,' 
or  his  intcii ! 
a  momcni 
ready  to  wl 
of  putting  i 


•ined. 

i  no  mistakfl 


"  I'd  like  to  know  what  bntiinf  ■  ;+  ;   ^r 

\  doctor.  '  ^  '^  ^'  ^^  ^'^"^•S"  demanded 

1^^  "ic  and  co2r:„.  ^^^t:::,:;;;;:— -^ 

5't;vouId  that  jade  know  abont  neh  w^kT^  ^,  t^^- 
^vliat  it  aint  no  bnsiness  of  mine"  "'"'" 
>'E.iiywastheone,:dS;r::!:^f^"- 

;^  I- the  exasperated  advocate' fi;;^L^:; 

--■.iitl,b.n,vainlX;^:^^^^^^^^ 
^•^l"-an-  agam,  and,  gathering  fresh  fLo  f..  ^ 

;#  together,  made  a  l.ne;o?wt:iH^^^^ 
:^  --ring,  and  vowing  all  sorts  of '.;        ',  '"""^ 
'-'V,  she  was  pitehed  into  again  by  ^""  h  Ind  f 
'er<-,  with  all  the  reality  of  a  reo.ul.r  b    H  ^     "^'^^^'''  ^"^ 
•rlMw  and  fall  fnr  ru\    .  ''^ttle,  it  was  blow 

>^,  and  laJl  tor  fall,   between  Bell  and  her  m..f 
f  iii'vu'dt!  r^p  aP4.  •  '  """  master. 


;oing  to  coma 
lat  was  ti'ulij 


28 


W  E  L  I-  !     W  E  L  L  I 


CHAPTER  Y 


THE    PHASES    OF    BEAUTY. 


Ar  tlic  time  in  which  our  story  properly  commcnoc 
]M'I)onj2:ahl  Imd  boon  married  {il)Out  ten  years,  and  w: 
mother  of  two  cliildren.     Ennna,  a  rosy,  lanu'hiniz:  ore 
had  a  flow  of  raven  lo(;ks  that  was  lauded  by  all  who 
her,  and  a  large  dark  sparkling  eye  that  bid  fair  to  ~ 
some  future  day,  many  a  heart  a-sighing.     Iler  face, 
was  a  sweet  little  miniature  of  her  father's,  indieali 
unmistakable  marks,  tlie  quick  perceptibility  of  her 
As  a  matter  of  course,  her  parents  doted  upon  Ler  : 
all  that  ever  darkened  the  happiness  which  they  felt  in 
ing  such  a  child,  was  the  shadowy  fear  which  from  ti 
time  swept  over  their  spirits,  from  the  consideration  th; 
was  too  beautiful  and  too  wise  for  one  who  had  maiiv 
to  live, 

George  was  a  being  of  fewer  attractions.     He  w 
thick-haired,  stumpy  little  body,  with   a   clouded   lo-i 
visage,  showing  everything  but  relationship  with   Ei: 
with,  moreover,  a  midatto-like  comi)lexion,  a  thick 
and  a  thicker  head.     He  bore,  as  is  evident,  no  reseml 
to  his  father,  but  inherited,  to  a  large  extent,  the  it 
and  qualities  of  his  mother.     Ol't  did  M'Dougald  si 
think,   as  he   marked  the    bounding  step  and  pretty 
of  some  fjiir   and   promising   boy,  that  if   Ai:thony 
Brutus,  and  Brutus  Anthony,  he  would  be  the  happi 
men.     Anthony,  however,  was  Anthony,  and  nothiii,? 
What  George  was,  he  was.    The  mother's  name  was  ? 
wpon  the  blade,  and  there  was  no  ruljbing  it  out. 


ATiiis  con 
iwiiig  to 
lliirrict 
the  doctor 

^tO'    I  SOUKM 

lie  iiiaidei] 
•     -il  feal 

iJttf.ii  descoi 
'H  Ifousati 
lJi|"'actcd  I 
Mi'>'  chin,  J 

IS  HlMJglit  (1 

ait^iiiilly  the 
I     lioauty 

^'•li  of  a  ' 

given,  tl 

1  the  gei 

iity  the  mi 

object  of 

Pio  charms, 
eless,  nth 
e  dcsirabl 
Nuly  been  g 
|)iiig,  these 
10.    His  I. 

M,  and  kne 

|k  III  the  cit 
was  reall3 

father  of  ac 
expedition. 
Id  bring  inl 
•     She  ha( 

1^  when  the 


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29 


'ly  commcncos, 
years,  and  wa 
,  laiitrliinj]^  rrcii 
cd  by  all  who  1 
:  bid  fair  to  s( 
.     Her  face,  ^\i 
her's,  iiidiciite 
bility  of  her  i 
d  upon  l.er  ; 
L'h  they  felt  in 
vhieh  from  ti 
isideration  tli;i 
viio  had  manv 

:tion.s.     He  \\ 
a   clouded   loj 
isliip  with   Ell 
ion,  a  thick 
iwi,  no  reseinlJ 
extent,  the  uj 
M'Dongald  si] 
p  and  prettyj 
if   Anthony 
be  the  happij 
and  nothing 
name  was  sti 
g  it  out. 


Ti,;.  ro„trn..t,  in  tlie  m.n„  (i,„,.  .suggests  tl,o  propriety  „f 

»l»>-.:,u-  to  the  roa.l.T  „  pi..,,,,,,  nf  ti.e v  |,„,.!,.|,'       ^ 

ll.^n-,,.,  lf„„ston,  „„w  .Mis.  Alia,,  .M-b„„.,,|,|'  „,,,   ,, 

;    -"."vl,„.  i„  the  „ei,hl,otl,„„„  of  five  ,,,,  ,„;„„,,;:* 

".•     1-Umv.s  vvo„l,n,„|,-,vi,i.,„.,.  to  y„„,|,„t, shewn    , 
'«!  .lo-scendant  of  that  genuine  native  t.ihe  af.e,-  «•  „ 

iro„sa,o„,e  ,■.;.,.■  «..en,«  to  have  been  eall,.,l.     A  v,.,-y 
'■■"'"•  f^'f'""'.  »'"""  Waek  ey^,  high  cheel<  h,    !f 

tn  d,t  ,h„.k  ha,r  as  ever  covered  head,  bespeak  not  „, 
™  'My  the  physiognomy  of  Mi-s.  JI'Donn-nld 

•  ■  1.  of  a  ,v,fe  ,t  ,„„st  be  i„fe,-,.ed  fron,  the  deserip.ion 

?™n,  that  h.  bean  i,,eal  of  the  lovely  diliered  w  d    " 

1.0  Soneral  standard.     However,  perhaps  ,,e  scored 

...ty  the  meteor,  and  shaped  In's  eonrse  by  a  better  ^nido 

■■  oliioet  of  h,s  d,oiee,  be  it  reme„,bered,  tl.ongh  possessed' 

c  desn^uble  c],araeter.     To  JleDougahl,   who    „s  \Z 
«"lv  been  said,  I,ad  not  a  partiele  of  the  bnn.p  rf  u^. 
I'lng,  these  latter  named  qnalities  were  almost  of  inlinito 
J.    H,s  uncmnely  lady,  for  instanee,  wrote  a  beantiful 
I,  a„  1  knew  how  ,o  keep  books  as  well  as  the  eleve,-est 
l-mthemy.     She  .-ognlated  her  honse  with  a  preeisio, 
\  was  r™lly  .narvellons.     }ler  eoneenti-ation  of  lhon..l,t 
l.or  of  aet,on  seeond  to  none,  was  f„I|y  e.ve.npliHed  hi 
M.«I,t,on,  a  thonsand  tinies  exhibited,  with  whieh  she 
I'l  tang  mto  order  the  disorganized  mate,-ials  of  a  house. 
She  had  but  to  pn..,,  as  it  w.ere,  through  au  apart- 
',  «liea  thesp,nt  of  restoration,  you  would  believe  l,a,| 


\\ 


*». 


30 


well!    w  r  l  l  I 


brcatac'd  over  tlio  srciio.     Willi  nil  this,  sl.j  pof-'sosrof i 
agility  uf  an  aiitclope.     There  was  none  to  conijx'te  wit! 
in  the  nianii«^^enient  of  a  lionse.     Tut  that  animal  in  ;, 
trnp])in,i;s  yon  jileased — in  saddle,  in  harness,  in  earrisigc. 
in  sleig'h — and  she  was  able  to  control  him.  When  on  the  i« 
with  a  favorite  steed,  she  would  most  certainly  not  be  beatt 
and  if  some  mad-cap  were  hardy  enough  to  endeavor  to  |i 
her,  she  would,  by  her  fearlessness  and  dexterity,  prove 
all  concerned  her  undoubted  deserving-  of  the  eulonv  i 
pronounced  upon  licr  horsemanship. 

Were  not  these,  it  may  be  asked,  accomi)]ishments  of 
ordinary  kind?     Weighed  with   them,  would  not  bwi: 
kick  the  beam  ?    In  taking  her  to  wife,  might  it  not  be, 
that  the  doctor  was  more  romantic  than  particular  ?    J\IiJ 
he  not  have  thoug-ht  that,  while  the  qualities  just  descri 
were  like  angel  visits  "few  and  far  between,"  comnio 
beauty  was  a  drug  in  the  market  ? 

Yet,  how  coolly  I'.ave  we  all  this  time  shelved,  or  put  ii[j 
the  shelf,  the  beauty  of  Dr.  M'Dougald's  lady.     And  J 
coolly,  at  the  same  time,  have  we  jjroljably  imagined  1 
the  self-same  individual  w^ould  be  satislied  with   us  for  i 
admiration  of  those  mere  accomi)lishments  attri))uted  to 
al)ove.     Strange  woman,  she  not  only  thought,  but,  as 
many  of  her  kind,  she  actually  took  it  for  granted,  that 
veritable  self  was  a  beauty  of  th(>  first  mngnitude.    If  judj 
by  the  standard  set  up  in  her  own  locality,  she  was  no 
deed  unaware  of  her  being  looked  upon  unfavorably, 
standard,  however,  was  in  her  Oj.inion  a  regular  luniil 
The  phrenologists,  she  asserted,  were  the  fools  wlio 
erected  it,  and  accordingly  she  had  a  thoroug-h  contcmj^ 
all  demagogues  of  that  order.     From  something  which 
had  heard  from  her  classical  husband  about  a  passn-!, 
Horace,  she  knew  that  high  foreheads  were  an  abominat; 


the  (lav 

K'lil!ll.      81j 
il.Ul.T  of 

k'i'c  the  loj 

ge,   that, 

IK'S,  no  f< 

.>(:'ntials  tl 

lilt,  in  som 

.  ter,  were 

With  sue] 

'Dougidd ) 

le  was  not 

renologist^ 

better  jud 

beauty  so 

s  ;  and  if 

lould  feel 

^ased  her  j 

[ine  of  her  t 

iiegy lists  c 

til  an  admi 

fl  \vas  an  o 

Fully  coiivi 

1(1,  therefor 

I'lity  to  hei^ 

niroije  wa 

<-l\    Her 

iiiis.    Thevi 

1  .sorts  of  bi 

'l>  of  things 

'iiisclvcs,  an 

|i|Misite  ownc 

""  "thcMc 


A     i  A  ,    E 


31 


'  compettMvill, 
it  aiiiuuil  ill  ; 
ss,  in  c'aiTi!i<ic. 
VViit'ii  on  tli(,'  ii 
ily  not  be  bcatc 
endeavor  to  ]i: 
xterity,  provo 
f  the  eulogy  j 

iltlislinients  of 
ould  not  beuQ 
lit  it  not  be,  tli 
rticular  ?    jVIiJ 
es  just  deser 
'een,"  commoij 

Ivcd,  or  put  ii[j 
:ady.  And  Jij 
y  iniajj^ined  1 

with  IIS  for 
ittributcd  to 
ught,  but,  as 
ranted,  that 
tude.    IfjiKljj 

she  was  not 
avorably. 
eg'ular  liunil/ 

fools  wlio 
g'h  contcnii^t 
tiling  whiel 
it  a  passapd 


tie  days  when  taste  and  r<  finenient  were  bofhin   (Inir 
^iiilh.     i^l'^  I'^^d  herself  roa,lson„.uh.nMl.n,  in  a  crrt-nu 
i^ti't'-T  ol  the  world,  sniall  eycvs,  provi.leil  tlu-v  wnv  black 
[ere  the  lords  of  the  aseendant.     She  had  read  in  the  same 
■y,  that,  m  another  seetion  of  civilization,   hi-l,  eh.vk 
'lu-s,  no  forehead,  large  month,  thiek  lips,  &c.,  were  the 
L^entiuls  that  went  to  make  up  a  pink  of  perfection  ;  and 
iat,  ni  some  other  region,  dwarlish  maidens,  the  shortc'r  the 
'Oe.^  were  the  magnets  that  drew  to  them  general  attention 
ith  sueh  data  before  her,  it  is  not  wonderful  that  Mrs 
I)-H.gald  would  make  a  deduction  flivorable  to  herself     Jf 
le  was  not  a  beauty  according  to  the  standard  of  fooh.h 
ironoh,gist.,  she  m.  a  beauty  according  to  the  standard 

better  judges      If  she  w-as  nut  a  beauly  at  home,  she-was 
beauty  somewhere  abroad.     At  any  rate,  a  beauty  she 

M  ;  ami  If  she  idt  satisiied,  it  is  not  apparent  why  we 
^udfoel      henv.^.     What  pleased  the  lady  most 'and 
eased  her  amazingly,  was  the  eonsi.ieration  that,  wherea. 
lie  ot  her  companions-beauties  of  phrenology-could  find 
Inegyiists  only  at  home,  she  hersdt;  endowed  as  she  was 
ith  an  admixture  of  charms  from  every  country,  should  be 
l(i  was  an  oljject  of  universal  admiration 
Fully  convinced  of  her  pergonal  attractions,  Mrs.  .ArDou- 
>1.1,  therefore,  was  not  the  one  who  could  fail  of  any  opnor- 
hty  to  heighten  those  charms  to  the  full.     Ko  no     Her 
b'drobe  was  flashing  with  dresses  of  every  texture  and 
aa..     Her  casket  burne.l  within  with  the  aahixv  of  la  r 
in-s.     ihe  vicinity  of  her  toilet  was  re<loIent  with  pertumes. 
'  sorts  of  brushes,  all  sorts  of  pins,  all  sorts  of  ribbons  all 
■'^  "  things,  scattered  here  and  there,  formed  a  bazaa'r  in 
'"'; ;  ves,  and  told  as  emphatically  as  need  be,  that  the 

rZ  'T\  '""^^  ■'"  "'''^  ^^"'^  "^^''^  ^'^  «"ything  else 


an  abomina*'"  ''  the  Mother  of  the  Smiles  and  Lov 


es. 


32 


w  !•:  I.  I.  I     W  K  I,  L  1 


CIIAlTKIl  VI. 


A    SUlil'RISK. 


In  a  country  vilhi-c,  s..iiie  twouty  miles  from   the  cit; 
wliorei.i  Doctor  M'Dou-ald  was  in  the  habit  of  pcrfonn:,; 
acts  of  phlehotoiiiy,  and  similar  exercises,  lived  a  hluti;  roiij 
old  gentleman,  whose  body  helonj2:ed  to  En-land,  an(l\vL,D 
soul  belonged  lo  horse-racing.     In  the  struggle  of  Ameri.j 
for  independence,  he  renounced  his  idlegiance  to  t ho  Saxon 
throne,  ard  took  sid(  s  with  the  republicans.     For  this  I 
was  rewarded  by  the  con(|uerors  with  certain  lands  and  tei,. 
ments,  which-not  lo  speak  it  prolanely-were  ani],le  c.J 
pensation  for  the  s(-rvices  rendered.     Set  thus  firmly  on  .J 
legs,  and  ha\mg  fuu  oi)portunity  even   to  better   his  coii.l 
lion,  ho  succocdrd,  at  an  early  day,  in  securing  lor  hinix ' 
a   magnificent  mansion,  numerous  apj.urtenanccs,   beauti! 
gardens,  and  stores  of  gold. 

I'assing  by  his  residence,  you  would  immediately  faiu 
that  some  lord  of  the  olden  land  had  been  transplanted  then' 
and,  from  the  api.earance  of  all  around,  you  nn'ght  be  ]:! 
zled  to  understand  how  an  exotic  flourished  so  well.     Tin. 
rose  the  hawthorn-fence,  there  flourished  the  thickenin- tro.j 
there  the  level  and  velvety  lawn  stretched  far  away  into  t! 
distance ;    there  the  circular   and   semich'cular  walks  wi 
their  pomp  of  white  gravel  looked  like  places  where  the  ft 
ries  might  be  supposed  to  play  ;  there  bright  fountains  ma, 
sparkles  in  the  sun,  and  there  the  peacock  disj.layed  tli 
glorious  plumage  which  glitters  with  purple  and  gold. 

On  a  si)acious  plain  contiguous  and   I)elunging  to  n 
beautiful  estate,  was  a  race-course,  of  which  this  metamo 


"'('d  En 

ivliicli  the 

ig.     Old 

'ailed,  Wif? 

Had  in  the  ' 

iiie  grave, 

,#oiisekeej;e 

lOugh  to  1 

lice  of  pro 

ockies  and 

iooden  legs 

ide  equesti 

the  fore''-( 

iigreeable 

licrs  who  1 

licr  faitl 

lighter  of 

iid  lover  of 

The  care  c 

i^^t  alluded 

the  brave 

[«te  acquaiul 

rt  and  par 

0  ansvvere( 

arly  recovej 

Ich  obligatio 

fe])er's  regiii 

hm,  which  ' 

Ps  a   home-f 

j»s  a  faithful 

^"I't  ;     but    i 

I'ifh  underia 
ere  existed  a 


A     T  A  I.  E 


33 


)n>  M  L.,d,.sl.man  was  tl.o  spirit  and  tho  Pf.     r  .  ,1 

iich  tl.o  exmisos  annnallvcMrno  off  u    '•  •"     • ,,  ^'^'  '" 


from  tiie  dtj 
of  pcrfdniiiiij 
,  a  hliiff,  roiM 


I'"' . -cs the ;„,.t,;nv  ;,;;:::;;" -'^^^ 

loiisokeopers  who  i.Mnn  ...  i  ll'o  iHiinlMr  of 

•»!'"■  «»•-'§  tl,c  .  .r,.soim  d.,     r  J:    rf ''^'"■''''■°''  ''»^  "'-■■  -le 
Fur  tln\  iM  "*!''">  ^^oul(   (for  ve  liMvoif-^f       i 

lauds  and  tni*i.  ;      ,        " '"-^ '^•^^tc.     J3y  no  moans.     Therofhiv.  o. 

■thtTs  who  thronged  to  thn  f.  c+-  J^'iutioic,  anioii<r 

l>o  a.i.w.rod  to  tl,o  nan.e  of  Jfary  t,,,^!""",  '"l"^"'-'". 
«Wy  recovered  from  the  effects  oM  '       "'«'  ""«' 

ir  walks  wi«,'        , .  7  '"^  "°  ''^">'  ♦«  'kt  oliedience.    Durinn-  Af„,  . 

"■""-  "■»  f  :■  ti:- err: "  "-r^^  "•■'  ""'^•' '-  -!^; 

ountains  maM,  ,  .  ., , ,  /"^'^"^^'s    and  a  hcart-sioknoss  to^roth,^r    Ti  i. 
,.    .  W^  ^  hiithful  attpn(]'U)f      TT        •  •  i<'^'^cn,er,    Jj(  J 

'1  S»l'l-       K    '     ,    ,       ^  "■"■"  ^"'o»'l'"'c.d  down   |,v  a  i  ^ i,' 

,     „I"U,  u„dcrh,y  all.     Between  Mary  and  her'elf  ,1  '' 

this  meta,u^'"  "''''*'  «"  "'"'"<-' '- -■  ■  '  "™"""' 


IS  firmly  on 
ttcr   liis  comli 
in,u'  for  liini^^il 
ices,    beauti 

odiately  fam 
lihuited  tliiTi 
might  bo  ] 
)  woll.  Till 
ickoning-  trci 


"^'-  -  *^o  e..ed  an  i..ei,,ie„t  1^  ^^  " -; --;. 


tr 


34 


vv  K  [,  r,  !    \v  r  i,  i,  I 


iiuisiniu'li  as  I?;-]!  was  as  firm  in  1()V(3  as  slic  was  rclcull,  . 
ill  luiti',  were  likely  lo  be  wana  and  durable,  pruvided,  Ik.. 
ev.T,  that  Mary  eoiitiiiued  to  conliuo  lierscli'  within  h, 
own  particular  provinee. 

Tiie  sun  hud  rolled  down  the  first  day  of  Bell's  master! 
jarisdietion. 

Ni^'lit,  witli  its  beauteous  stars,  sighin<r  winds,  gliostlik 
shadows,  and  myriad  mysterious  accom[):Hiimeiits,  hun;^  ov.; 
M'Doujrald's  dwellinjr,  and  made  it  as  lonely  as  a  subterni 
iiean  vault.  Mary  Theresa,  with  needle  in  hand,  sat,  ii 
dreamy  mood,  und(>r  the  powerful  protcetion  of  l)er  fearl.'« 
guardian.  Bell,  taking  advantage  of  her  "  little  brief  autliui 
ily,"  luxuriated  over  a  peaceful  pipe  of  tobacco,  with  ii; 
otiwm  cum  dlgnitate,  that  was  nearly  aristocratic.  Old  Jen, 
my,  the  man-servant,  had  already,  under  his  blanket  in  i 
attic,  relaxed  the  stiffness  of  his  twin  lame  legs,  and  shut,  li 
liapi)y  slumber,  those  queer  cross  eyes  of  his,  which  invariulih 
looked,  atone  and  the  same  time,  east  and  west,  or  nort: 
and  south,  as  be  might  happen  to  take  his  position. 

The  conversation,  which  helped  to  enliven  the  evening,  Wiil 
not  of  such  importance  as  to  merit  recording  here.     Pi 
posed  altogether  by  Bell,  the  topics,  it  may  be  suppose 
would  not  be  very  interesting  to  the  reader.     Indeed,  tli| 
loftiness  of  her  present  position  was  a  thing  more  to  be  dwoif 
on  in  silent  delight,  than  to  be  abused  with  passing  collo(jiivi 
The  long  strong  pulls,  too,  which  she  lavished  upon  herwi 
loved  pipe,  forming,  as  they  did,  a  fume  that  possessed 
power  almost  as  lulling  as  opium  itself,  had  a  wondi  r: 
effect  in  kee[)ing  the  smoker  silent.     These  cireumstam 
combined,  made  the  solemn  night — not  for  Bell,  but  I 
Mary— more  solemn  and    silent  than  it  really  was.     T^ 
hour  for  retiring  was  at  length  decided  by  the  fact,  tliil 


Bell's  last  puff,  a:id  complete  prostration,  were  siraultaneoBJ 


|iJK'iit,  and 

JVelimin 

Bi'll  never 

Islie  got  un 

k'.veejtt  in  th 

buier's  j)an 

'cd  to  say  li 

foiisod  her  s 

Whatevei 

''"lasifsud 

"}■" — proloi 

s'<'])s  toward 

"  What  di 

Mary  liad 

In  about  ti 

iiU'  slumber, 

T'ldcn  drean 

M'o,  in  conip 

'le  honsekee] 

"  Where  is 


was  rt'lc;i(l( .. 
provided,  lio-.v 
■li"   vvitliiu   In,.' 

liell's  mastoiiv 

lids,  gliostlik 
•nts,  liiiiig'  ()\-> 
as  a  subterra 

hand,  saf,  r 
of  lier  feaiic^ 
!o  brief  aut!; 
acco,  wiili   I, 
ic.     Old  ,]ni 
blanket  in  i' 
:s,  and  shut,  i 
lidi  invarialil 
vest,  or  nori 
ition. 

e  evening-,  w 
?  here.     V< 

be  suj)po>! 

Indeed, 
"6  to  be  dwL'l 
sing  eolloqiiv^ 
upon  herwcl 
t  possessed 

a  wondcrfl 
cireumstaiicej 
Bell,  but  fcj 
ly  was.  Till 
he  fact,  tliaj 
siraultattcou 


A     TALK.  o- 

.1.) 

"Let's  0*0  to  bod    ATii'i. "    1         •   1 

l>;M.lve,   and  stretchin-  on!    botli  'h-m,.  u-itT      . 

j;;;;^;;:./-''---^K^::i:':r:;;;^: 

!  i,i„.|,t  ■!"  ^      ""'  ^''-^'1'  »■'"'  )01l  to- 

•;SkTp„ithn»to.n,,l,,,Ar,,.,,  ,,|,,,t,.^^,,, 

lioth  „o>v  ,,roooo,Iod  up  stairs  („  I  he  l,ou»okoener-s  an.rt 
.i.in,t,  am]  prqiare,!  thorasolvia  for  rest.  ' 

iVeliniinaries  in  the  sli-nm  r^p  . 

';-""-er„a<,„,„tL;r;^z:r,:^;:'r""' 

(-'''-■  got  uudcr  cover  witl,  a  ra„i<li,    H  7  I  ''''  '" 

'  ■  ;';;1  I^t  so  suddenly  from  l,er  kneos  ?  ^'        ''"' 

"  ■»tover  it  jvas,  she  renutiued  ,,ui,e  cahu  and  collected 
,1:  "^  "   '"'''?"'^  '•^«°"«'=«n..  herself,  she  said,  "  Oh  I  lb  lot 

J:i:!;:;tfrh  foi;:.r;:  "'•  •^-'■^  -^ """  -  «•""«-> 

".Idea  drein.s  L         ,  """"•'■""■<^.  ^t^'rtled  from  her 

l'«  l'»nsekeeper's  cha.nber."  °        '  "'''"■'""■'''  '" 

•■  Where  is  the  rascal  ?"  they  in,,„ired 


36 


W  K  1,1,  !    ?;  K  !  ;.  I 


"  Uiulci  the  }h>(V' 

Vu'l'ovv,  licU  hud  till)*'  to  iiiiilvc  ail  ohscrvntiou,  or  (.v;'u  i. 
>-olIf('t  her  scuttcml  wits,  out  from  iiiidcr  her  n\<liiiu-  rush'  I 
a  g-reat  h\<i;  ncuro,  as  bhifk  as  tlir  salilc  brow  of  iii,<r|it,  an  1 
iis  iiuiy  as  l!^atan  liiinself.  ][(•  madn  dcsponito  cllorts  tu 
cfl'-rt  uii  t'S('a|)o,  but  he  was  overpowcrod  by  tiie  watchmi ii. 
who  fortliwith  escorted  him  to  safe  (niarters. 

IJiH,  nowise  put  out  by  the  presenee  of  a  "mere  nip-jvcr," 
further  thau  the  hjss  of  sh'cp  wliieh  it  oeeasioiied  her,  passed 
no  coini.lim-ut  upon  her  heroine's  bravery,  but  nierely  rx- 
ehiiined,  whirhntr  lier  clenched  fists  aloft  as  she  sjwke,  "  Why 
didn't  you  tell  me  all  al)out  hhn,  and  never  mind  the  j.olice  y 
J3y  thunder,  I  would  have  hannncred  the  black  rascal's  hidr 
in  a  way  that  would  cure  him  of  his  night-walkin'~the  devil- 
.skin  !" 

Alary  havin!?  been  taxed,  of  course,  to  the  utmost,  by  the 
noble  action,  of  whose  trial  her  comrade  seemed  not  to  hav. 
the  remotest  consciousness,  was  lar  from  participating:  ii»  Hio^ 
tranquillity  and  ease  which  Bell  eiiioyed  after  what  she  wa^  | 
pleased  to  call  "the  joke."     "Oh,  Bell  !''  she  cried,  "my? 
heart  is  beating  as  if  it  were  goinpr  to  burst,  and  I  (ear  tli:it  ^ 
I  shall  faint." 

"  Nonsense— nonsense  !  you'll  soon  be  asleep,  and  you  'II I 
be  all  right  in  good  time,"  rejoined  the  indomitable  Bell,  as  * 
she  r611ed  over  with  a  grunt,  and  took  her  J'.nal  p.osition  'fur 
a  peaceful  sleep.     "Come,  Mary,"  she  unoiur.cd,  "  hunv 
up,  I'm  off." 


Thf,  sin 

niueh  as  if 

iiig  u])on  li 

I  closing  hei 

The  ehei 

injx'iiing  he 

•llillo,   cl 

i(>\'  the  miti 

lluit  black  I 

me  that  ♦\ 

Ii's  time  t 

sleep,  Man 

B.ll  bou 

a  trice.     I 

usual  liistn 

kitelieii. 

Old  Jemi 

t'l  or:lvi,  no 
lie  housekc 
!•!'  attendina 
'ly  tlie  appe 
!!>i)e  not  nnl 
rV'kety  !  w 
this  hour  of 
tlnorallovei 
a  pail  of  wal 
Joniinv,  h 


A    TA  I.  n 


87 


)!i,  or  cvi'ij  (u 

cstliin-  nislr  i| 
)\'  iii.U'lit,  an  i 
itc  crturrs  tn 
le  watcliuK  II. 

mere  iiijriiTr," 
I  her,  j)ass('(| 
it  merely  ex- 
poke,  "Wliv 
I  llie  jiolicc  '! 
ruscal's  hide 
i' — the  devil- 
most,  liy  til" 
not  to  luiv 

Citillji'    ill    llir 

hilt  she  Wiis 


niv 


'  cried, 

I  I  leur  that: 

and  vou  'II 
l.le  Bell,  nsi 
|x)sitiori  for] 
cd,  "  hiu'rv 


iiii 


CTiAiTi:ii  VI  r. 

THE    SUBMVE    AND    THK    RIDirUI.OUS. 

Tmk  sliaduw  of  the  jjeril,  just  passed,  troubled  Afury  as 
iiieh  as  ir  her  friend  were  a  thousand  mik-s  away,  and  press- 
|iii-  upon  her  like  a  weijrht  of  lead,  kept  her  all  ni-ht  from 
;( ln>in'''  her  <'ve.s. 

■     The  cheerin.iz:  sun  was  fairly  uj),  whin  the  recruit* d  r.rll, 

nj.i.nin.o;  her  funny  eye,  hailed  her  sleepless  companion  with, 

■llillo,  chicken  Mary  I  are  you  awake  yet 'f     jVpprised 

of  the  nature  of  the  other's  rest— "Why,"  she  cried,  "ditl 

ihat  l;lack  scamp  fri<^'hten  you  so  awfully  ?     It  didn't  trouldc 

lai"  that   way,  1  guess,  for  I  slept  like  a  Imek  all  n\'/nt. 

I  "s  time  to  ho  movlu'  at  all  events,  hut  you  can  stop  and 

|.>leep,  Mary,  while  I  g-o  down  and  get  ready  l.reakfast." 

Bell  bounded  from  her  (Ouch,  and  was  inlo  her  iVork  in 

la  trice.     Down  she  went,   and  liavino-  n-ouo  throu^-h  lier 

usual  lustration  in  the  sink-room,  made  her  way  into  the 

kitchen. 

Old  Jemmy,  whose  bn  '     >s  u  was  to  have  a  blazinn-  fire 

jto  oriLi,  not  being,  on  this  morning,  sufficiently  in  advance  of 

the  housekeeper,  v  -  -■  .,r.,^.,.(i  ,-„  <rreasing  his  boots,  instead 

I  of  attending  to  hi.     .  „.,  ay  duty.    Bell,  greatly  disappointed 

l)y  the  appearaiKM"  of  things  in  general,  l)Insti'red  out,  in  a 

tone  not  unfamiliar  to  the  uidividual  addressed,  "  Well,  uld 

rickety  !  w   y  hain't  you  a  fire  on  ;  what  are  you  doin'  here 

I  this  hour  of  the  day,  with  your  rotten  old  l»rogues.  filHn'  the 

floor  all  over  with  dirt  ?     Here,  away  with  you,  and  fetch  us 

a  j)ail  of  water,  and  see  that  you're  quick  as  t-.-iuk  ibout  it." 

Jemmy,  having  little  time  to  remonstrate,  as  the  bucket 


w  i:  1.  I.  !     W  K  I.  L  ! 


wo.  n.^Nv  H.nisl   Info  l.is  hnn,],  w.-.s  nhonl  nrcrnii.n- llio  ,>m 
l'n«yoni,.s(   n,„tin;.ou   l.is  h„ols,  when  IMUas  ahva.r, 
"*v,l.TanM^|,issp,r,|  hy  Imndi.,^  hin,  (ouanls  th.  ,luor' 
J  huiKl.T  .,..1  .uvs  !"  I,.  ..xclainied,  "  he  aisy  a  ...iait  t  : 

ln.al,,T|,uniu'on,nylH.ofs,anyway;sure,  youclo,;. 

v^antmMoMHM.ouI,|by|.uin^n...^ 

Y  on  ..l.l  nMt (rr,  you,  Low  afraid  you  an>  of  w.ttiu'  yo.ir  1 
niu,l-.|.-,Ts  ;  IH.,..  Hear  o,.f  as  n.st  as  your  oM  l.^s  c.n  ' 
carry  you,  else  I  'H  ,.rij,|.k.  you  worso  than  you  arc  "  ^  | 

,.'"';':"  '''V'''  '"  ^""'  ^'t  »»}•  rat..,"  mult.'rod  Jmmv  to  ^ 
I'-Misdl,  as,  hoping  no  n.hvss.  ho  undertook  to  hol,h]J  Jn.  ^ 
way  to  til."  \v(  ll-viird.  ] 

in  duo  tin..  Udl  haa  juvpan-d  broakAist,  and  wa«  ju^t    ': 
alter  c  rannng  hor  hist  oup,  whon  M.vy,  unable  to  enjoy  anv   i 

tlnn^  bettor  than  a  troubh.l  rop,.e,  iof-t  hor  weary  Loi,  | 
nnd  stood,  pale  and  fatigued  looking,  in   the  prosonee  o^  I 

"  Ha  !  is  that  you,  JNfary  !  did  you  have  a  good  sleep  •'•' 

"  1  could  not  sleep  at  all.'' 

"The  darkie  is  in  your  head  still,  I  reckon,  and  seare< 
you  to  death  ;  he  couldn't  scare  this  ohihl,  no  how  JJuf 
nov,T  mind,  Ma.y  ;  oonie,  take  a  cup  of  tea,  and  I  guess 
you'll  (eel  belter."  ^ 

n«"Il  j.rocee<led  to  pour  out  the  article  su-nrostcd  "  JJut 
^'/  darkie,"  quizzingly  began  she  again,  looking 'full  int., 
Mary  s  lace,  and  laughing  from  ur.d(>r  the  corner  of  Ikt  evc^ 
as  the  wca,ygirl  was  taking  the  beverage  which  she  i.ad 
been  handed.  "That  darkie-//.,/  darkie,"  still  she  repeated 
»ml  burst  out  uUo  a  "  horse  laugh"  at  t  he  cleverness  of  the  joke 
wh.di,  as  she  supposed,  she  was  cracking  upon  her  fri,-nd 

xV..w  iAfary,"  n-sun.ed  IJell,  as  the  foruier  rose  up  from 
ber  shght  n.past,  "the  family  will  be  homo  to-morrow.  an,| 
twill  be  n..cessary  for  me  to  have  things  leaned  up  bv  th  • 


time  the} 

j'iit    the  ( 

voii  can  <i 

liicii,  or  J 

.Mary  \ 

'•  IJut  1 

I  is  soniewl 

'  j»arlor  slu 

She  ac 

flinging  u 

wliile  she 

(iperation. 

The  sui 

the  scene, 

l.ke  of  wh 

seeing.     \ 

r.'covered 

rendered  1 

she  then  n 

liis   beau 

sorrows  I 

rosewood 

luid  throwi 

f>r  a  like  ii 

while  it  nil 

alone. 

"  Aii.l 
Bad 
Asid 

There  fr, 
tlii'oiigh  re 
'Sid  ;  there 
«utild  mee 


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3'.) 


.iriiiiif:'  tlio  pro. 
II  was  ulivadv 
•  Ls  tilt'  (lour, 
isy  a  Jiiiiiit  t;!; 
I'e,  you  doll' 
1  my  vaiiiji.v.'' 
r  Wet  till'  your 

old  li'g's  ciiii 

arc." 

(1  Jt'iiiniy  (u 

O    iiul)l)l(j   Jii, 

iiiid  was  jut 

lu  enjoy  aii\- 

voary  couch, 

prc'scuce  of 

ood  sleep  ■;■■ 

,  and  scari  ~ 
'  liow.  I5ij; 
11(1    1    g-iK- 


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k'd.  -  j>!i; 
M,u"  full  int. I 
of  lier  eyes, 
ieli  slio  iuul 
10  repeated, 
^of the  joke 
T  friend. 
>se  up  from 
orrow,  and 
1  np  l»v  tlif 


tinio  tliey  come.  I'll  sweep  the  rooms,  make  tli(>  beds, 
I  put  the  <liniirro()ni  to  ri-rhls,  and  lix  mailers  here;  and 
??  vou  can  n-o  and  dust  the  furniture  in  the  jiarlor.     Cheer  up, 

I  hen,  or  I'll  imau'ine  you're;  in  love," 
.Mary  was  perfectly  witi.  lied. 

"  iJnt  like  as  not,"  continued  s]i(>,  "you'll  fancy  Gumbo 
^  is  somewhere  under  the  sofas,  if  1  don't  go  and  open  the 

parlor  shetters." 
I      She  accordin-:ly  led  the   way  towards   the  i)arlor,  and 
j  flin-ring  i,p,.,i  the  door,  left  ^laiy  a  moment   to  c()ji:itate, 
^  while  she  herself   went   outside    to  let  in    li-ht   u}.mi   the 
;   ()]>eration. 

The  sun,  as  the  shutters  were  fully  oi)ened,  flashed  u])on 
the  scene,  and  revealed  to  the  fair  beholderan  apartment,  the 
l.ke  of  which  she  had  not  for  many  weeks  had  the  pleasure  of 
scein,!^.  With  the  richness  of  the  room,  came  over  the  liulf- 
r.rovered  girl  a  feelin.i,^  which  riveted  her  to  the  spot,  and 
icndered  her  i)erfectly  motionless.  A  beautiful  model  would 
^he  then  make  to  {.niide  the  sculptor  in  bringing  into  shape 
his  beau  ideal  of  a  truly  lone,  and  truly  sweet  creature  of 
sorrows  1  The  first  ol)ject  that  caught  her  eye  was  a  splendid 
i')sewoO(l  piano,  which  stood  immediately  facing  the  door, 
^'ikI  thrown  open.  It  brought  to  her  mind  the  remembrance 
"i  !i  like  instrument  that  was  now,  alas  !  far.  far  away,  and 
^^liil<'  i(  lilled  her  with  this  thought,  it  made  her  feel  doubly 
;ih>ne, 

"  And  sliijht  witlial  may  lo  tho  tliiiitrs  wlii.-li  hrluff 
Back  on  the  heart  tlic  \vcij,'lit  whicli  it  wouM  tlinj^ 
A»klu  fur  over." 

There  iras  a  time,  she  thought,  when  she,  too,  could  skip' 
through  rooms  like    this,    with    heart    neither   sunken    nor 
Kud  ;  there  was  a  time  when  the  silver  sounds  of  u  j);auo 
would  meet  ready  accord  in  tli(>  music  of  a  soul  now  no 


40 


^1^^ 


A     TALE 


ongcT  t„n,_.f„, ;  tl,cre  «•„.,  a  thne  when  she  minted  w.I, 
•'"ng.  other  than  the  one  who  h.,]  her  converse  now     ti 
was  a  time   when  .he,   too,  possessed  a  piano,  and  U:u, 
finj?ers  skdful  enongh  to  walcen  its  dulect  tones 
OM  «,-  thon  eheerless  ,vor,l,  cheerless  for  all  wh,,.., 

.'y  of  joy  ,s  done,  what  a  load  dost  tlion   brinn-  „,„„ 
the  Wt  of  those  of  whose  happiness  thon  art  L    'l 

Mary  drew  nearer  to  the  Instrnnienl,   and  gazin-.  lov 
Kly  npon  ,t,  n,dnlged  to  the  fnll  in   a  sadness,  ^-l, 
on,d,   d«,,,   was   one  that  was   sweeter   t ,   pleasure' 

that  wa    ,,„,„,   ,„ni„,„^^  „„^   ^,,^   „,^._.^^^^.^   ^^^^i^^^j   ^^^_ 

key.     Had  she  done  so,  a  spirit  from  beneath  it  answeri 

or,  wonld  be  lite  the  rising  of  fancied  pleasure  sta      : 
Je^^a^ spectre   from   the    tond..      Snch   was   her  fear,:^ 

sof^'If,^'  """''"  ""'"  '^"'"'  "'»"  ""■  1™"»-    Sl.e  took 
M>n,c  of  them  „p,  a.ul  glanced  at  them  ,lr,.amih-.     "Th, 

bong  of  t  e  Exile.'  w.s  a  lonely  strain  which  she  Veil  npon   , 

wound,  bleed  freshly.  J„st  ,hen,  as  her  eyes  were  brim- 
nng  w,  tears  she  looked  „p  as  if  to  turn  for  a  mo  t 
0  that  place  where  sorrow  has  no  vi.tin,,  „nd  she  saw 

-tt.  el  m    he  cap  and  gown  sometin.es  worn  in  eo 

Ovir  hci   I  emulous  Irau.e  then  swept  th,.  g„st  of  manv 

TXTT     ?'■■  '■"■■'"  »f  "  '""•'■-"t  'n.den."ro.l     n 
ately  before  her  n.iud.     That  strange,  strange  coffin- 

ervu.0  a.,  strangc-that  sluggish  drearv  p  ,sh,  w,  iel 

t^e  dead  boy  went  .s„d,lenly  down,  flung  ,-l,e  cold  .salt    pr  ; 

".to  the  bystander,,'  faces-that  awful  sen.se  which  folio      f 


M  cliilllnf^ 
.-pivadiii; 
slit'  a;;-ai 
(i»>t!y  a  I 
!i '!•  alu'o, 
(Icatl. 
Overw 

lollligC^  j 
itllDOst  fo 

I'lrtially  1 
'iiistiuj^  \ 
-Mary  waj 

I'OW^,    will 

(-•lii'sr,  and 
into  the  ] 
ill  which  ;; 
a  bellows, 
"Mar- 
lias  som.-.  I 
my  head  11 
"Ah  I  ] 
"  Love-i 
I'll  swear, 
twice  mar 
I'l'incmljcr 
lliere's  as  ^ 
III  the  I 
ii  stride  t( 
•■I'oii  her  })i 
liii.U'crs  froii 

"  How  d 

without  wa 
the  bottom 


'*'% 


m 


miiio'led  with 
'C  now  ;  thoro 
ino,   and  Jiiui 


well!   wiollI 


41 


or  ill!  uiios! 

bring  uj)o/ 

art  the  mw 

gazing  lov- 
Incss,  wiiicli, 
:»n  ideasurc. 
led  a  sorrow 

touched  no 
it  answorinu' 
ure  slartiiiu- 

her  fearful 

She  took 
lily.     "The 
le  fell  uj)<)ii 
:1  made  old 
were  brini- 
^  a  luoinenr 
id  si  10  saw 
'  one  who, 
n  colleges, 
he  doctor. 
t  of  nianv 
;e  imniodi- 
jflin— that 
which,  !is 
salt  spray 

foIIoW('( 


<-l"ilIini?  the  very  Mood,  and  dn.ining  the  tong-.o,  aud 
spreadnig  over  all  around  a  wild  unearthly  pallor-all  I  !..■<« 
she  again  felt,  and  saw,  and  heard,  and  she  stood  in  that 
costly  and  dieerinl  apartment  with  sensations  that  niade 
)i'i-  ahrost  feel  as  if  she  were  standing  in  the  caverns  of  the 
dead. 

Overwhelmed  with  a  thousand  thoughts,  slu.  fell   upon  a 
luange,    and    wej.t  hers.-lf  sick.     The"  poor   afflicted   girl 
f  almost  fbrgett ino  the  task  assigned  her,  arose  alter  a  while' 
I  partially  restored,  and  commenced  the  necessa.-y  labor     Tiic 
I  justing  was  soon  over,    but  the  tears  again  (lowed  Aist 
I  Ma,y  was  sobbing  deeply,  and  floating,  as  it  were,  in  sor^ 
I  rows,   whe,i  JJell,   with  a  difcnt  heaving  expandin-^  the 
;  Hi-st,  and  a  dillerent  ichor  flowing  down  her  visage,  bonndKl 
;"ro  the  parlor      From  the  various  scourings,  and  so  n,rti. 
"Mvhich  she  had  just  played  her  part,  she  was  blowing  like 
a  bellows,  and  perspiring  like  a  hodman. 

"  :Mar-   ^[ary  ! "  screamed  she  out,  "  what's  to  pn v  now  ? 
J'"Sson-     .  .  I-  black  chap  given  you  a  squeeze  ?  Til   ,..|ve 
n)y  head  for  a  foot-ball  if  the  gal  aint  in  love." 
"Ah  !  Bell,  I  feel  sorrowlul  and  sick  both." 
"Love-sick,  or  home-sick,  or  somethiu'  of  the  sort ;  but 
i  11  swear,  Mary  !    you'll  be  well  of  all  that  afore  ;ou're 
;-'ce  marned;    so  rouse  up,  my  hearty!    rouse   up    an.l 
«berthathomeisafb^^ 
'•"■les  as  good  fish  m  the  sea  as  ever  was  caught." 

in  the  gayest  good-humor,  the  solacer  ma.le  with  th^s 
a  stride  towards  the  piano,  and  intending  probably  to  trv 
>'Pon  hcj  patient  the  force  of  many  octaves,  ran  her  clumsy 
Ii.igers  from  bottom  to  toj)  of  the  k.-ys. 

"  How  do  you  like  that  ?"  hK|uired  tl,(>  skilful  artist;  and 

I-  7  r'^  '''^^''"  '"'  ''''  ^'"'"^'*'  ^^^^^"  ^^^"t  from  the  top  to 


42 


A    T  ALE, 


u^  if  to  (]i.),lay  to  the  fai-thest  extent  the  iiiiKscal  power 
which  Hhe   wicl.le.!,   slie   d.'liberately  sat   down    i,p„„   tii.- 
Ptool,  and  commenced  sucli  a  tirade  of  discords  and  donl)lc 
discords,  and  min-led  flats  and  naturals,  as  would  puzzl, 
the  ablest  master  in  the  land  to  imitate. 

"There," said  she,  turninn;  to  her  friend,  "that's  the  devil 
among  the  tailors— did  you  hear  it?"' 
^faiT  of  course  had  to  laugh. 

"  Tiiat's  the  ticket  I  ron  •  up  now  and  dance.  I  swan  if 
tliere  ain't  fun  enoug-li  in  tlnit  ar  ji.^^^maree  to  put  mettle 
into  the  heels  of  critturs  half  dead." 

Doing  the  best  she  could  to  please  her  friend,  'SLwy 
raisino-  herself  up,  and  not  without  ))eing  considerablv 
enlivened  )>y  the  antics  of  the  self-constituted  i)layer,  said, 
"If  I  were  able,  my  dear  Bell,  I  would  dance  in  a  moment  ; 
but  dance  you  now,  and  I  will  return  the  kindness  when  J 
am  l)etter." 

"Well,"  suo-gested  the  fun-loving  Bell,  "here  goes,  Til 
dance  if  you'll  play ;"  and  up  she  sjyrang  for  the  purpose, 
while  Mary  not  unwillingly  placed  herself  before  the  piano.  ' 
and  struck  a  harmony  or  two. 

"That's  it,  go  it!"  cried  Bell,  and  putting  both  arii.> 
H  kiinbo,  she  began  as  awkward  gambols  about  the  room  ::^  - 
iver  the  whales,  mentioticd  in  Homer,  played  around  th.' 
car  of  old  Nepti;ne.  Mary  fingered  a  lively  air,  and  Bell,  i 
in  an  ecstasy  of  ddight,  careened  from  side  to  side,  let  oul' 
tm  occasional  yell,  ana  f^ung  u})  very  gracefully,  and  as  neiir 
as  she  could  to  the  ceiling,  now  this  leg,  now  that  leg,  us 
her  fancy  inclined  her. 

"  Why  Mnry,  why  Mary,"  cried  she,  ceasing  at  last  fioiii 
li'-'r  sport,  and  throwing  herself  down  upon  a  sofa  neurlv 
exhausted,  "you're  some  punkins,  I'll  tell  von,  and  yoli 
can  beat  the  miatruss  all  holler,  that's  u  fact.'* 


Ile.-e 

A 'Ilea  t 

ffiiOL'l  s' 


*«.  •cmpuj 

the  after 

those    "1 

•    thicker  « 

'    soul  over 

and  openi 

its  melan 

c.\j)ressed 

both.     Tl 

Jiiid    thosi 

tiiat  wordi 

and  all  al 

!^:mg  that 

the  burdei 

There  h 

and  cares 

oin-  fcelin; 

those  trou! 

lii'iir  to  wl 

ol  .Mary  h 

Iia|>py  flov, 

and  in  the 


iis;('iil  power 

mid  (]ou)i|c 
vould  puzzle 

it's  the  devil 


A    TALE 


4  a 


Ho.-o  iU  !iall-door  boll  was  run.^r,  and  DdPs  <r;vnln,  was 
A  Mica  to  ofhtr  account  by  a  visit  from  an  old 
I    tf.iopi  she  Lud  net  seen  for  years. 


acqiiaintaue'3 


I  swan  if 
>  imt  mettle 

•lend,  Miwy 
-'onsiderabiy 
!)]ayer,  said, 
a  moment  ; 
ncss  wlien  J 

■0  goes,  Til 

le  ])urpose, 

the  piano, 

both  arn  .- 
he  room  <:-. 
Liround  tlir 
,  and  Bell, 
de,  lot  out 
ind  as  near 
hat  leg,  as 

t  last  from 

ofa  nearly 

and    you 


THE    SUBLUIE    A^D    THE   riL'CULOUS    CONTINUED. 

M-.Rf  liaving   been   informed   that   I\.J1  was  goino-  to 
*<. -onipany  her  comrade  abroad,  and  would  not  return  (ill 
the  aCrerncoa,  had  nothing  to  break  upon  her  privacy  save 
ose      halcyons   of   n;emory,"   which    always   f^.ster   and 
tiHcker  gather,  tho  g^-eater  the  sorrow  and  solitude  ..f  the 
M>u  over  which  thoy  come.     She  went  again  to  the  piano 
;nHl  openn,g  out  that  ^'Song  of  the  Exile,"  began  to  awaken 
■>s  melancholy  sighing..     Wa.s  it  the  words  or  il^e  air  that 
'■vpressed  so  well  the  heart-aohes  of  the  mourner  V    'Tw.s 
' '^tli.     That  melody  was  the  roal  tone  of  Marv's  lo.elv  soul 
=nK     those  words  were  its  truthful  history'    She  ftu.cied 
'fiat  words  and  air  together  were  mado  expressly  for  heroclf 
^'"<1  all  alone  as  she  sat,  and  fearing  no  present  listener  she 
.<jmg  that  sorrowful  song,  and  poured  out  fron  a  heavy  h'eart 
the  Ijurden  of  many  woes. 

There  is  a  rapture  indescribable  in  unbosoming  our  o-Hef. 

and  cares  to  any  one  who,  we  know,  can  sy:np..hi.e^vith 

1-hngs.     There  is  an  agony  indeseribable,  too,  wlun 

lio^e  troubles  press  down  upon  our  being  without  ..mv  one 

:-r  to  whom  we  might  tell  their  poignancy.     Th.  f  .Hi,,.., 

Maij  had  been  long  pent  up,  and  now  at   hut   fo.uul 

happy  No,,,     In  the  silence  whieh  brooded  all  around  her 

aiKl  ui  the  mdcnowu  spirit  or  spirits,  who  wove  that  mourn; 


44 


W  E  L  L  I     W  E  L  L  I 


fill  song,  she  had   mot  comiianions   rono-oiiial   to   herself 
Tliiit  silencf)  was  like  the  serenity  in  wliich  her  secret  li!e  h.y 
.sleepincr,  and  that  poet  and  singer  told  that  secret  tale   too 
trnly  not  to  have  been  sharers  in  its  burden.     Therefore  it 
was,  that  forgetting  for  the  moment  (he  real  world  around 
her,  she  lived  hi  that  of  fancy,  and  in  the  sweet  hallucina- 
tion, revelled  in  scenes  of  sunshine  and  of  (lowers. 
^  hut  the  spell  was  a  gossamer  one,  and  it  broke  very  soon 
Sad  being  were  .Mary,  if  there  was  no  other  enclu.ntment  to 
keep  her  faint  lieart  up.     She  left  the  room,  and  retirin.-  to 
her  chamber,  reclined  upon  her  bed  to  dissipate  her  son^ows 
by  a   better    anodyne.     Lest,    however,    thoughtless   ones 
should  laugh,  that  charmer   shall   for  the  present   be  un- 
liamed.     From    the   fatigue    consequent   upon   a   ni-ht  s(, 
restless  as  the  past,'  and  from    the    happier   mood^vh■ch 
lioher  nmsings  gave  her,  she  was  not  long  before  she  fell 
into  a  slumber,  so  sweet  and  deep,  that  not  even  a  transient 
dream  disturbed  its  placidity. 

Ah  I  that  sleep  was  a  strong  proof  of  the  fact  so  oft.m 
told  n.  vain,  that  the  weak  world  has  no  ( flective  cure  for  its 
own  multiplinty  of  pangs.  On  the  weary  and  heavily  laden 
Its  pleasures  only  pall ;  to  such,  its  hopes,  its  brightest  hopes 
are  but  as  the  wisp  that  lights  the  dull  mora.s.  ;  for  such  its 
flowers,  with  all  the  beauty  and  sweets  which  they  posses. 
are  only  mournful  remembrancers  of  the  spee.ly  dissolution  to 
which  Adam's  sons  are  heirs ;  and  to  such,  its  music  how- 
ever beautiful,  and  however  powerful  in  chasing  away  dull 
care,  is  only  a  passing  warbler, 

*'  Tlmt  filiows  Ills  plunmge  for  a  day 
To  woinieriinr  eyes,  tlieii  winy.s  uway." 

Mary  was  not  roused   from   her  rest   until   Bell's  doontv 
Jemmy,  who  had  been  ordered  by  his  mistress  to  boil'  the 


"^ 


to  herself. 
eret  life  hy 
ct  talo  too 
riicrcl'orc  it 
fid  arouiid 
t  Imlliu'iiia- 

vciy  soon, 
antiiieiit  to 
retiriii«^  to 
or  sorrows 
illc!>;s  ones 
nt  bo  im- 

iiig'lit  s(i 
30lI  vvli it'll 
e  she  fell 
I  transient 

t  so  often 
lire  for  its 
n'ly  laden, 
test  lio])es 
r  such,  its 
y  possess, 
oliition  to 
isie,  how- 
iway  dull 


A    T  A  L  E  . 


45 


E  doDufy 
boil  the 


kettle,  and  do  other  ctdinarj  work,  accosted  Ik  r  sleepin- 
ear  wit  h  divers  lieavy  knocks  which  he  g-ave  her  tloor.  There 
was  no  answer  for  some  time.  Determined  on  being-  heard, 
J.'nniiy  would  first  give  a  few  taps,  then  put  his  ear  to  the 
k.  y-hole,  and  so  on  alternating-  with  ear  and  list,  till  he  suc- 
•'ceded  at  length  in  getting  an  audience. 

"  Who  is  there  T  asked  Mary  ge-tly,  lifting  lier  head  from 
tiiC  pillow. 

'"TiS  me,  marni  !"  rcjilied  Jemmy  ;  "])rukfast  is  ready." 
" BreaLfast,  Jemmy  ?"  said  Mary,  half  thinking  that  she 
was  over  another  night. 

Jemmy  recollecting  himself,  and  scratching  his  head, 
nj/lied,  ":N'o,  not  that  same,  but  diimer,  mann  !  sure  I'm 
forgettin'  myself  intirHy  ;"  and  thus  saying,  he  waddled 
back  to  the  kitchen  as  fast  as  he  could. 

What  comj)any  that  in  any  wise  has  affinity  to  our  home— 
what  company,  however  jioor  that  comi.any  may  be,  that 
has  not  for  the  wan.lerer  an  attraction  unfu-md  even  in  the 
most  i)olished  society  of  strangers?  The  weary  exile  in  his 
loneliness  and  sorrow  will  eling  with  all  fondness  not  only 
to  such  persons  as  in  his  daily  walks  at  home  he  cared  not 
to  recognize,  but  even  with  objects—a  vessel,  a  grain  of  dust 
anything—and  he  will  cling  to  them  aliectionately,  because 
tliey  are  mementoes  of  home. 

Subjecting  lierself,  no  doubt,  to  this  singular  influence, 
Mary  raised  up  her  enfeebled  form,  and  proceeded  to  share 
for  a  while  the  conversation  of  her  uneducated  countryman. 
Jemmy  was  before  her,  but  unfortunately  he  was  in  a 
pliu-lit.  He  had,  in  his  own  estimation,  so  adnu'rably  suc- 
ceeded in  boiling  some  potatoes,  frying  a  beefsteak,  setting 
Hie  table,  &c.,  that  he  was  sure  of  winning  eternal  credit 
from  the  compliment  which  Mary  would  pay  him  for  his 
cooking.     This  hope,  however,  ^^as  now  completely  blasted, 


m 


46 


W  E  L  L  !     W  K  I.  L  ! 


V  .a  i.,,.slmp  for  whid,  no  mnonnt  „f  ,,n,i.e  eo„U  afono      \ 
t™-pot  0    bntnnnia  mCal,  wInVh,  ....fore  |,e  wont  ,„'  ,,,|| 

n.y    ,0  l,a,l  «ll.,l  .it,,  .va... ,,|a,.,.,,  ,,,„„  ,„,  ,„„ 

I.n.t  of  ,  ,c  oook,ng-s,„ve,  lm,l  ,„is..n,l,l).  „,olt,,l  „wav   i„. 
.•.-  .„g  t„e  «,„vo  wi,.,  a  ,no„on  arton.na.nt,  wlWI,  .oik 

"Msel    'Iwaa  tins  untoward  cirounLstanco  tlait  ,1„  n,,..! 

0  ardor  «,th  wind,  .1™,,,,^  ,,ad,  a  few  „,o„„.„ts  „,,,„, 

ascended  tl,e.,tai,-,,.     TI,o  poo,,  feilow,  ahvady  eronei ; 

'l-i  umUT  tl,e  a„tioi,,at,.d  ,l,„nde,.  „„d  li,|,tnin„.  of  lieiiC 
vo„-e  and  eye.  ,,oiate,l  M.vy  to  tl,o  scent,  of  ,ii»a.s,er,  and 

..„i   I  do  a    ail,  at  ail?    Save,  I'll  l,e  n,n,Me,ed  intirelv 
«licn  that  wieked  catur  eo.ncs  home  " 

h.dS^:;::'"""'''™''"^-"'*"'"'^-'™"'-"'^^' 

Ac,inaiatea  with  the  eanse  of  l,is  lani'entation.,  .^ ,  ,„.«,„. 
.cd  ^to^sh,eldl,i,af,.o,at,,e.,o,.n,  which  he  .o™i:;;; 

Je,„,ny    however,  had  his  donbts  of  |„,.  ,neec.s.    Sc 
much  afraid  was  he  of  Bell's  "l,allv„,;,-,in  »  as  he  c^.H,.!  it 

«t  he  wholi,.  lost  both  his  eonve,.sati;n,  a'nd  , t^  ,  ' 
Mary  eoal.1  not  prevail  „pon  l,i„,  to  taste  a  .norsel.  U^ 
"g,  after  many  efforts,  suececled  in  hrin-nn-r  l,i„,  to  hinvdr 
^1.0     scovored  that  Je,„n,y-«  own  life  wa^an'e  '' 

and  that  she  was  not  even  here  eon,panio„less  in  sn      i  7' 

authority,  llie  eveaing  was  far  advanced  when  she  who^e 
™ve,-e,„.ty  t  at  was,  returned  frotn  her  wander  1  Tu 
the  ahsenee  of  Jemmy,  wlio,  the  mom.  nt  that  Bell  ative 

::  f .  ;;,r  Tr '""'  '"""""■"'^■'>-  '^^'-" »'-  -^ 
whi :  ri  t:^a  ;:;7;.^  ?"r,!"  "'^  r  ■"""■^  -''^^ 

ac(|„.Ka  hum  uie  froiic  of  tlie  day,  to  say 


m 


|u)iliiii<,(  of 

iciiiolisfn'i 

]i'Iilir|lic!i(; 

"  15  :t,  3 

*       I',  "if 

SIII.',SC(|('st 

f  Fwoiild  ta 
"Twos  only 
^^'lili•  do  yc 
.'■;"ve,  as  I'l 

i'.  till  I  SCO: 

liiii'  dear  o 

^\!i<l  then,  i 

<  i  iicr  was 

pse,  and  w 

m  for  ice  J 

iTrom  this  to 

[•oiind  of  ri( 

|ivr;ij)ped  nj) 

m  hoat  of 

["'it her  ;  but 

Did  varmint's 

line  o'clock, 

-oine,  :Mary 

^lecj)  with  mi 

Bell  was  a; 

for  the  nighf 

bed's  foot,  an 

^'^ot  think i 

Maiy  was  eng 

bai-ed— "  Ma 

pat  way  und 

tbere  to-night, 


A     T  A  I,  K  . 


\m:,j  or  tlio  „.s,ml  inlhu.nco  whid,  Jl„i-y  l,„i  „,,,  ,,,,  „ 
l1.,..ol.sl..r  „.■  ]i,.i,i.sl,  ,„„,.!  „,,t,i„„|  f,„|    ,„,,„„  ,   .    I 
ii'liiK|ii<'!i'ies. 
I   "  '■•  :,  -Vary  I"  .„!,,  ];„„,  fo.j,.,,;,,^,  |,„j  ,,^j  ^^^_.^,^^^.^^^  ^^^  _^ 

»      .-,     .1  you  was  only  to  k„ow  if,  t|,„r.s  tl.e^l.mid^t 
,! 'f,  :''•'   ""'"'•  y""  <■»-'■  k"ow..,l  i„  „|,  ,,„  ,  ,;,,■ 

J,; :"''  r ; "'" !'" '"'" "«'"' '"  "■"  y""  i-if  lii.^  cioi,,/ 

.as  only  ,1,0  other  ,lny  that  I  sent  l.i,„  f„  ,„„,  ;„,  „,^, 

U,ar  ,  0  yo„  ,  ,„k  ,,0  „„t  it ,    Why,  ri,ht  „„„..  the  M 

'  u.  "-  1  .n  a  !,.,„•  «,„„er,  a,„l  I  ch.h.'t  k„o«-  a  thi,,^.  aho„t 

t.  nl  I  see.,  the  water  co,„i»'  IV ...j.^  the  .stove,  .^ul  run 

*-  dear  over  the  kitchen.    DiU  you  ever!,™,  the  likv 
Au,\  then,  u,  a  great  l,urry,  I  .,ent  hin,  off  for  more  iee  „; 

; "•  !™/"f  «"  "-  ""'l^.  -.1  there  wasn't  a  n.inu,;  to 

■•■and  what  do  you  beheve  .loes  ,uy  ol,l  La.ary  fetch 
"•  f"    .00?     Vou  wonlcln-t  .ne..s  it,  if  y„„  „.,„  ^.,J   I 
<-n  1"S  to  no.xt  January.     Why,  'twas  nothiu'  les.,'tl,an  > 
r   .«!  of  r,co  I     Yes,  I  swear  to  goodne.ss,  a  round  of  r  • 
^^.  l.od  n,,  u,  a  sheet  of  brow,,  paper.     Did  lou  ever  1 
1.0  heat  of  that  ar  ?     I  reckon  yo„  didn't,  no'r  nohodv 

ciKU  ,»n  sliead,  no  how  you  (l.v  it.     ]intl,„shl  there -oe, 
«•  oclock,  and  it's  time  for  all  honest  folks  to  te  abed 
-«me,  J  nry  I  let's  get  uuder  the  blankets  ;  I  s'pos!  yo  ^ 
poop  with  me  again  to-night,  chuck  "  ^ 

bel'  f„7    ,  ,        '^'  ""  "■•''  ''"  ™"''  ■'"^■t  "own  at  thl 
M  s  foot,  and  began  to  say  her  ],ravers 

Jot  thinking  for  a  moment  about  the  exercise  i„  which 
Ma  y  was  engaged.  Bell  laughing  out  as  loudly  as  she  could 
roared-  Mary,  you  needn't  trouble  yourself  with  prvin; 

f      i-hn     U^J     .      Till      1  .  .  -  X       J 


it  way  uiulor  the  bed  :  I'M  h. 
tiicre  to-night.     Mary  is  d 


)01I!1 


,1    +1 


ry  IS  death  on  the  niggers. 


tiicres  no  darkie 


48 


W  K  I.  I,  !     W  K  I.  I.  I 


^Uiry  (•uiitlniR'd  lior  devotions. 

Bell  vvaiUHl  a  second,  then  rising  n,>,  and  loukino-  (owanl^ 
Hh'  foot  of  the  bed,  unable  to  deeiplnr  the  n.vstery  eri..,| 
-tor  goodness' sake,  Mary,  what  are  you  Annbliii' ubo, 
t^ere^     Come  along  to  bed,  and  I'll  take  care  of  the  dark, 
t^;s  time." 

Sui-  enough,  it  was  for  goodness'  sake,  in  a  different  s.^k 
However,  to  that  in  which  Bell  put  the  questioi.,  that  Man 
was  on  bended  knees, 

"  The  gal  is  gettin'  crazy,  I  do  believe,"  said  Bell,  j.nnM,. 
at  last  out  of  the  bed.  >J      i  '- 

Mary  was  upon  her  feet,  as  the  bewildered  B(>11  touch- 
he  lloor,  and  meekly  apprised  her  that  she  had  been  sav,.r 
rier  night  prayers.  '    ' 

"Ha  !  ha  !  ha  !"  went  Bell,  evidently  surprised  at  s.,. 
employment.     Growing,  however,  more  grave,  "  Well,  now, 
INIary,   said  she,  "  you  astonish  me,  you  do  ;  a  young  gal  KlJ 
you,  makm'  such  a  fool  of  herself."  ' 

"  Why,  Bell  !  is  it  folly  to  say  one's  prayers  ?"       ' 
"  But  It  looks  so  old-fashioned,"  replied  Bell,  looking  wiin 
growmg  surprise  mingled  with  an  expression  of  conipassio. 
lor  the  weakness  of  the  other.  ■ 

"Well  my  dear  Bell !  my  mother  taught  me  to  say  nuj 
prayers  ;  h<^  Ma,Vs  voice  half  choked  up  as  she  th<;,uhl| 
to  liorselt,  "\\  ould  that  she  taught  me  nothing  else  "  "3Ivi 
mother,"  she  resumed,  "  taught  me  my  prayei-s,  and  I  sa;| 
them  mornmg  and  night."  '' 

Bell  doubled  herself  under  the  blanket. 
Marf'"'^  ^'""^  "''''    '"^'  ^'°'"'  l'^'^^3'ers,   Bell?"    inquirdi 

"Indeed  I  don't."    This  was  said  with  much  expression. 

Via  your  mother  never  teach  you?" 
"  Cosh  !  I  guess  she  didn't." 


"Wh 
"For 
'i   ^!lt'  (lidii 

fVCM    if  i 

iani  'cm, 

■Whj 

.       "  Vou 

voiiny-  fo 

I       "But, 

r'liristian 

"M)W 

'.ilk.  !  fb 

tliut  I  ha 

"Audi 

"Why, 

you  a  sto 

a  visitiu' 

told  me  m 

there  was 

.^olf,  it's  a 

it  aint  hen 

the  gent,  a 

"  Vou  ci 

"  Yes,  I 

tlie  Bible  t: 

I'm  a  think 

As  she  fi 

heartily. 

By  this  ti 

"Xow.M 

itiff  Mary  fi 

better  than 

lifter  spiunin 


A    TALE 


49 


»< living-  towai'i 
iiystery,  cried 
iuinhliii'  alioi, 
of  the  (lurk I: 


liffcrent  k<'1' 

311,  that  M:m   i 

■    1 

Bcll,juin|ii),-   1 

Bell  toiu'liii; 
(1  been  saying 

irised  at  sik 
"Well,  IK.'. 
oung  gal  Ik. 

looking  ui; 
r  conipass:( 

ne  to  say  imj 

she  tlion<ilit| 

else."    "M 

J,  and  I  sa?| 


?"    inquired 
expression. 


"Why  not?" 

"For  two  very  good  reasons,  Mary:  the  fir«t  was  that 
'''  '!'"     k>;o;v  any  prayers  herself;  and  the  second 
;-.^^^l.ed.d,  I  reckon  I  wouldn't  have  ca^ 

'■  Why  would  yon  not  ?" 

"  Vou  Soose  you  I  'taint  ftusMouablc  i„  this  co,u,(rv  for 
V'i"i-  lollis  to  go  into  prayi,,'  •'  -      ' 

,.;  .J;:;;.if  -  n,.gl,.et  to  ,„.,,  ,,„„.  ea„  we  call  ou,...,v,.3 
,  .  .'f°";  *  ''»;•  "'at  little  Mothodist  preacher,  ho«.  .he 

;;:?:".  hr;:l!;::,::r  ^•"'' '-' ^''^- ^- '''^  ^- 

"And  what  of  that  ?" 

"  ^^''f'  '^  *"'^  "11  "'y  pray.-"'.    Sec  here,  Mnrv  Til  tell 

;  ■^"'"   "'«  'loetor,  and  ho  gave  a,e  a  «,nall  Hil,|e  „„;i 
•1.1  me  my  rehgio,.  „a«  „,„e  ;  „„j  ,,,„^,,  „„,,^  J' '    ' 

_  If,  .     a  ,,|ag„y  good  thing  that  my  religion  i,s  here  for  if 
«"t    ere,  I  guess  it's  nowhere  ;  so  I  to'ok  the  Bible  "o 

the  srent,  and  put  it  in  my  trimk." 
"  Von  can  read,  can't  yon  ? " 

tI,e"BihllH''?M  ■"!>""""  '  '""  '  ""«•  ''""'«1  «'  it  since- 
10  B  ble   hat  Mr.  Pulcifergave  me  ;  so  if  the  mice  let  it  be 

By  this  time  Mary  was  lying  beside  her  friend 
".■ttor  than  I  ij  after  Z;  ,'  '  "^f'l'""'  '^  ■™"'-  »"/ 

-e.sphmi„'thar.rdo^tk^-C";^S;:,fr::^:: 


50 


WK  I.L  I     W  K  LL  ! 


if  I  sIcH.p  witl.  vou  a  .■,,,,,,1.  uunv  nl^his,  and  .-o  to  nnvti,.' 

vour«  "''"'"'^'        '''''  ""''''"''  "•^"'''  '"  '■'•'  ^''•'  "••■^^  ♦"•" 
"  J>oii't  you  jro  fo  cliurch  vwvy  Siiihlay  ?" 
"M<"'^  cN.td,  moat  it-tlH-y  don't  cum  that  o,,n,-tran„- 
over  ...  no     ov,  I   toll  you.     The  last  thue  1  .^s  toC 
Ml.  J>o.vall   tho  oM  covoy  proached  such  a  liration  of  ... 
s.nnon  and  kopt  us  thar  so  onarthly  Ion.  that  1  VaU-ulatod 
M  t  sulvatHm  enou,-h  that  d.y  to  last  me  six  months  ;  and 
so  1  hum    beo.i  to  m,>oth,'  since.     But  now,   Ma.-;  "  con- 
'■  n'l.d  boll  rodin^.  over  (o  a  dclinite  position,  "  ilu^V^r^.u^, 

In^S^^'^^'^''^^''^'-^^^^--^^^-^-— 


*i 


CHAPTER  IX. 

POLEMICS. 

2^h  concern  „o  one  save  aad  except  the  autl,o,-  of  our 

One  eTO,in,e,  abont  a  week  after  Bell's  .lissertation  on 
Wer  a,^  about  two  days  after  the  return  from  ,h     aee, 

"  •    l».  ;  ver  tl,e,r  ordinary  refection  of  tea  and  toast. 
Allen!"  !„„„„  the  lady  of  the  house,  "what  in  the 
world  p..s.d  you  to  hrin,  in  that  passen,.  gir,  int^y:!: 

"  Why  do  you  ask  me  that  question  ?  " 
;;  That',  an  Irish  way  of  replying.     Answer  me  fairly  " 
I^ airly!  one  would  think^  from   tho  alarming  tone  in 


vhirh  yoi 

hi't'll  l>llilfl 

Uifiiioas." 

"  Vou  n 
wlicn  you 
to;io.'" 

•'W.11, 

!•'  ;is()ii,  tha 

fi'ii'iids  in  a 

'•Thatw 

"  How  is 

"Vou   ai 

J'<r-iiiis,  wh 

0»1I  piTSOVG 

'  Vou  an 
■irl'?!  stamj) 
"  Is  she  n 
"Soitw( 
"And  wh 
•ost  of  her  ti 
Ifarric't 
poor  observe 
ruish  hor  fro 
"  Well,  I  , 
iiK'h  a  cast  a; 
"  I  suppose 
"  However 
>(H  "it  wa,< 
Allen,  to  brill; 
'ith  a  malad} 
ill  to-day  agai 
K'lieving  that 
"Harriet  ! 


A     T  A  r,  F 


M 


y^nrh  you   .h.nan.l    .n    o.j,l.„atioM.    I[arri..t,   that  1  luu\ 

^    "  Vo.i  .K.r.l  not  be  so  sontontious,  Alk-n  I  you  n.islak,.  rno 

•' W^n,  I  brou,.}.t  hor  here  for  tl.o  Hi,„,,I..  an,l  .i.,,-!. 
;;'-".  that  «hc  was  a  creature  who  had  neitfuT  kindred  i^r 
in.'Mds  m  any  jmrt  of  this  country." 
"That  was,  I  think,  a  poor  reason,  after  all  " 
"How  is  that?" 

"Vou  are  surely  aware,  Allen,  that  hundreds  of  sueh 
l"-">'-  who  eona.  to  An.eriea,  «-e^.  .,!on..  very  well  by  thei 
g^ui  l.''r^.'veranee  and  indnsti-y."  »       /       ^  »y  niur 

•;  Vou  are  surely  aware,  ILndei,  that  ew,  if  any,  of  this 
^"s  stamp  are  among  the  chara...rs  or  which  yo,  sp.ak  " 
"Is  she  not  from  Ireland  I"'  ^ 

"So  it  wouhl  ji])pear." 

"  irarriet  !  I  wonder  at  you.     You  must  certainly  be  u 
>oo    observer,  when  you  find  nothing  in  .Mary  to  'distin 
?u'-sl.  her  from  the  rest  of  her  tribe.'"  ^ 

^<i  h  a  cast  as  to  make  me  examine  her  minutely  " 
'  I  f^nppose  not."  * 

la,  It  MS,  I  tl.mk,  a  very  imadvisable  thing  ia  you 
U  n,  to  br,„g  ,„to  tl,e  house  a  sfan,..  gk-l,  .iek,  pro- X' 
^  t  a  n>alady  that  ™„y  ,.„rry  off  th,.  whole  of  u,  She  ^ 
p  tOHlay  asain,  you  knovv,  an,l  what  reason  hare  you  for 
Miovnior  that  sl„.  k  „ot  lal.ori,,,  under  an  inW.       ^ 


Harriet  I  I 


lUCipiejit  typ 
am  sorry  that  you  are  such  a  bad  lo 


!U3 


ii-ie;un. 


52 


W  K  1,  L  I     W  ell! 


a-i(l  1  a.u  (loiii)!y  sorry  that  you  are  so  poor  a  philanthrr.j,".' 
Voii  iiiiiko  a  ]iy[)orli(.'sis  for  which  there  is  no  gromid  in  tl 
world,  and  then  you  draw  a  swt'cj)in,«<;  conchision,  enou'di  •. 
fri^-'hton  old  Aristotle  himself  from  his  slumbers.     In  otln 
words,  your  conclusion  lias  no  foundation  in  your  i)remis(.- 
or,  to  make  it  clearer,  the  structure  which  you  raise  is  I, 
too  lar<re  for  the  undeipinuin;^  upon  which  it  stands." 

"  W'ry  learned,  I  must  confess,  and  very  lucid,  too,"  niMr- 
muri'd  ^[rs.  M'l)()u,^•alll. 

"Then,  a^rain,"  continued  the  doctor,  "your  philanthrd]  v 
is  anything  but  aj.pareut.  You,  Harriet  I  have  all  th'.,"; 
you  want.  You  have  friends  and  relatives,  you  have  fatlia^ 
and  mother,  you  have  country  and  home,  you  have,  in  fin. 
everythin^r  that  Ls  calculated  to  make  you  happy. '  In  t!ie  = 
mean  time,  you  have  no  sympathy,  not  a  jmrticle  of  consid.rf 
ation  for  one  who  is  in  po.ssessiou  of  none  of  these  blessin-r.- 
"Allen!  the" 

"  Allow  me  for  a  moment.  Cluinj^e  now  the  respe.i- 
ive  circumstances  of  yourself  and  JVIary.  Ima-ine  tliati 
ilarnet  is  a  wanderer  in  some  far-off  country,'  and  \h 
on  a  bed  of  sickness  ;  and  imao-ine  that  ]\[ary  is  my  wif- 
aud  enjoys  herself  in  every  way  she  ph-ases.  Iniajrh.e  tlij.' 
I  .say,  and  tell  me,  thoughtless  Harriet !  how  would  a  Man 
of  your  present  disposition  appear  hi  the  eyes  of  a  stranger 
like  you  thus  jiictured  ?" 

"  'Tis  a  very  pretty  picture,  truly,  particularly  that  j-nr! 
of  It  where  your  Mary  is  made  to  take  my  place— 'tis  poM- 
lively,  and  I  would  not  lie  surjirised  if" . 

Here  the  conversation  was  interrupted  by  the  presence.' 
Bell,  who  announced  to  the  doctor  that  a  gentleman  w;,- 
^^aitin^  for  him  in  the  parlor. 

"  Bell  !"  in.iuired  Mrs.   M'Dougald,  exasperated  at  the 


r(';is()iiin<j: 

Irish  fjrirl 

"  IJIe.ss 

It  tie  boil 

)  ^ile  goes  t- 

•1  pity  !     . 

tiiat'U  surj 

ii»  do  so,  {1 

lii'unl  it,  y 

"What' 

liie  liill  hOj 

"  ^V'hy, 

my  born  (h; 

lioss,  and  t 

not  a  circui 

All  this 

When  BHI 

t"nisli!nent 
returned,  " 
The  lady 
J^oii  to  take 
l>y  this  til 
Hot  vet  foro' 
'"I'oni  him  pr^ 
liiiaself  rema 
lit  length  coi 
vcrsation. 

"Allen,"  s 
!i  piiiiiist." 


Mie  1 


IS,  c 


'j!'  iier  tribe,'  ■ 

"  But  whai 

1^  >"  refnietl  a 


m, 


I 


A     T  A  I,  R  . 


ilularjihrop"-- 
;Toiiiid  ill  il 
)n,  eiiou^-li  ', 
ra.  Ill  otlii : 
3iir  premis*.- 
I  raise  is  1, : 
amis." 
d,  too,"  jinir- 

pliilaiitlm.j  V 
uive  all  tl„ 
I  have  falli. ; 
liave,  in  fiiir 
ppy.    In  tl 
.'  of'considd 
5e  blessLn^''N 

the  rcRjK'ct- 
na<i^ine  tlia! 
17,  and  IIojI 
r  is  my  will', 
iiaj^ine  tliivf 
)iild  a  Marv| 
r  a  stmnuxTf 

y  that  part  I 
e — 'tis  pos 

presence  of  I 
lleman  wii*- 

ited  at  the^ 


r)3 


reasoiiin-r  of  her  lMis1)aiid   "  wli-it  l--,„i    r     1    •      .     , 

Insl)  ,i;-irl  that  we  have  hrro  ?" 

"  IJIi'SK  her  soul  ''  ericd   Ii..li  «  .i,  >    ^i 

-  itil"  ho,lv  tint  ,.v,.,.        .        '  ""•'  '^''"^"'-  '-'■'"!'-* 

J  Mil,   ho,  J    l,,,t  ever  I  sot  eyes  on  ;  and  cverv  niirl.t  „H„-e 

■     .-■  .oes  t„   „,,„■. s,,e  do,,',  ,„.„y  „„.,„  Hko  ml  er,;,  ;, 
I      I     And  rve,,o,„e.hi„' „„„,,,„  ,,„  vun  „l,u„t  l,er 

1"  'lo  so,  as  she  told  me  not  to,  feai-i,/ 1  'v„eet  ,1    ,  y 

'''-^^  yon  n,i.d.,  ti,h.k  .1,0 ...  „,:l;j  ,r;:;;!r 

Ml..!  .s  tl,at  ■/"  .,,,i,|  the  n,b,,e.,,,    ,ieki„„  ,,,,,,.  ^.,^^ 

'-l;.'"'l";ll.:...Mu,.yl,„di,,,,,ne.,te,il,e,.s.:i,-'  ■^'" 

"  l,y,  she  plays  tl,e  iiiano  tlie  l,est  I  eve,'  I,   ,.  1  ■      „ 
'">■  '-"  'l^ys.    Sl.e's  a  ri„,t.il  ,-oa,,.r,  I  te      o         ,.    ,'' 

;-■-"•''■••'  -e  who  eo,nes,,e,v„\eael,^^,:: 
-.  a  e,r,n,,,,sta,,,.e  to  he,- ;,,„,,,,.t.,y  „,„,,,,,,,,,,,;'''"'■' ^ 

All  tins  was  said  with  a„  „i,.  „f  t|„,  ,„.„.,.    ,,  ,  .        , 

\   ^:      "f  J-"'"-"  "'"'•  •'-«i'lin„  en,,,l,,,si.,. 
I    I  'ly  of  the  honse,  n.aki,,..  no  f„,.the,-i,„„,i,.ies,  o,.l,Tod 
M  to  „ko  away  the  tea-l,oa,-d,  a,„l  el,.ar  „,  the  t  d,le 
I'V  this  tnne  the  doetor  i-e-entei-ed  •  l,„f  l,i  r     ,• 

-' M..^..i,,.  the  h,,,oee,,t':.is:::^ ;:;';:;;:; 

"m  l„,n  ,„-evio„sly,  was  too  ,,o„,y  to  «,,eak      m' 
;:;l;;.;.^^^eo.,desc.e,,dedt„,,,ed„,d,e,,ors;,,.efn,;h;::;^ 

a,.;!!!:";""''*'  ■•''"^"•-'»^^»-.  Bell  says,  is  ,,,,ito 

of  I,'  ""r-i'' ,"!'  •     '■''"■"  •*"  ''"^"'•^  """"^I'l't  Hon,  the  Te^t 
«ri>.Ttr,l,c,"'sai.l  the  physic,- ,.,„•.  '"'' 

Jii,t  what  of  that  ?  what  ki'-i  on,  .1,    T        .       , 
is  so  re(i,„w' „  I    ,        •  '  °' ''"-11''  *  """It  lo  know, 

»  "0  niniei.  «  |joi|^  jjomjr  to  make  "' 


#. 


r.4 


W  K  L  I  !     W  K  I.  1.  ! 


"If  she  is,  as  you  say,  <p>i/e  a  jnunisf,  shv  will  just  he  tl, 
Kind  o*  help  that  m;  want." 

"  What  Would  yon  ]»nt  her  to  ?" 

"Slie  will  make  u  capital -overnos.s  forEnuna,  and  onaM. 
U.S  to  chsjK.n.s,.  with  that  lido-ety  fellow  that  is  now  enframe,! 
Mrs.  M'Don-ald,  j.artly  believin-  that  in  this  latter'".., 
vernation  .he  was  eo.uedinjr  too  much  ;-smartinjr.  too,  m„i. 
the  fresh  wound  which  aroused  her  clioler  at  table  del. 
mmedou  maintainh,^.  her  prerogative,  and  standin^v  ,„ , 
her  hrst  platform.     "Allen  I"  she  exclaimed,  "  our  Knun'   ■ 
not  to  be  put  under  the  direction  of  any  Irish  Papist " 

"  Vou  make  resolutions,  wife  !  without  snflici.nt  medi- 
tion,  just  UH  you  draw  inferences  without  snfliei,  nt  premis,^ 
^  "Allen,  when  you  tell  me  that  you  would  appoiut  .such,- 
girl  as  this  for  governess  to  Emnn.,  are  you  serious,  or  .,.' 
you  only  jokin<^  V" 

'^Vm  not  joking-  indeed,  but  I'm  in  right  down  earnest"  . 
^       Uave  your  way,  then,  wise  doctor  1"  ejaculated  the  la.hl 
in  a  tone  of  the  greatest  despondency;  "  have  your  way  aivj 
take  my  word  for  it,  that  you  will  one  day  weep  for  the  pati 
w  .ch  you  have  taken.     Before  long,"  said  she  moeki.Idv 
J'^mnui  Will  have,  three  inches  thick  upon  her  tongue  tl.i 
brogue  of  the  bog-trotters  ;  before  long  Ennna  will,  by'w.v 
of  amends  for  this,  have,  upon  that  tongue,  the  blarnev  ei. 
llibernm  to  such  an  extent  that  she  will  be  the  kindest'a.ail 
sm^etest  little  '  thrush  '  that  ever  was  brought  from  Erin  ] 
before  long  Emma  will  have  as  great  a  taste  for  beads  l.olv 
water    and  all  that  ku.d  of  tnnnpery,  as  the  MW  wlJ 
lonnshes  over  his  forelu^ul  with  greatest  gra.     .he  sign  ^^ 
\UH  crass;  before  long  Emma  will  go  to  the  pri<st  for  panl.. 
o    her  suLS  and  thmnp  her  breast  as  penitently  as  the  uu.t 

Klllvf    r.l.l      ..l..,..I..L      i.1.   -i  .  '' 


frilly  old  s//&'hh  that  ever  was  born  on  the  sod 
patience,  my  patience  !  what  is  this  ?" 


Oh 


11 1 V 


I  fojuuiciiUi 
1     The  str 

I  liii  listed  t( 

V.liO   StOiH 

i  uiiiie  he  w 
a  fancied 
nlic  of  wh 
I  .idii'oning 
;ii  all  (jual 
in  the  n 
-'iVighted  1 

!  iiiieutahle 
riiiJ!!. 

"  Wait, 
ji'ai'n  more 
not  find  hei 
\\W,v\i  IJell 

At  this  s 

"  1    Il0{)0, 

ni:iy  be  her 
[)resence.     ' 
Jiii'iiis  than 
«  tliorough 
-Miiiy    Ther 
I'apist.     I  I 
i'l  a  Mary, 
crwoinan  ;  t 
«''Oiit  ;  and 
iinl  in  the  ^ 
f*>rget-me-nol 
T.'it'se  poor 
vui'al.ularv   1 


kill  just  l)c  t! 


la,  and  eiuili. 
low  f'nf^{i<iC(|. 
lis  latter  (  (h 
nji-,  too,  nii(!(r 
•  tahk',  (l)'t(r 
taudiiio-  iij ,,. 

our  Eiiinia 
l*u(,ist." 
leicnt  nif(ii:: 
lit  pri'iiUM  > 
ilioiiit  .such 
L'rious,  or  ;.: 

'n  earnest." 

itcd  the  l;ii 
'111-  way,  ill 

for  tlie  piitli] 
'  n!Oekin,ulv.| 

toiio-ue,  tlicl 
wi!l,  by  Wiivi 
'  blarney  (ifj 

kindest  aiiiij 
IVoni  Erin; 

beads,  liolv 
I'addy  wlioj 

tile  sign  (ifj 
■  for  i)ar(i(iij 
iS  tlie  ni(i>!i 


Oil 


IllV! 


A    TAl.C.  5. 

'•]l..r.  eloquence,  but  raw  lu^-i,-/'  was M'Dou-ald's  littin.r 
loiiiuicatary  upon  his  wile's  rhetorical  outburst 
I     Tl.e  stream  of  the  f..ir  un..s  thp^ancy  was  too  niueh  ox- 
I  hausted  to  allbrd  sullieient  dauiper  to  the  lire  of  the  ..(.nius 
I  .ho  stood  upon  the  delensive.     She  was,  ther..|bre   mute 
I  ulule  he  went  on  to  say-"  Harriet  !  you  arc  n.ourning  ov,t 
in  nmeied  misfortune,  you  are  pouring  out  invectives  un.m 
|.,..or  whom  you  can  i«>ssibly  kn(,w  nothing-,  and  you  are 
I  <  ataromn^  m  the  ciiair  of  u  governess  a  girl  who  may  not  be 

;M  all  (juahfied  to  fill  that  situation." 
.      ill  the  most  of  this  M'Dougaid  was  perf^-.tlv  rio-ht      The 
,|;n-riirhted  mother  was  never  pained  l,y  the  fulliinient  of  the 

lii.ici.table  i-ropheey  whicli  she  made  with   regard   to  her 

••  Wait,  then,"  continued  her  husband,  "  wait  until  von 
'  "•=;  inoro  of  Mary  than  you  know,  and  perhaps  vou  inav 
■  ;r  luid^  her  endowed  with  snch  accomplishn.ent.  as  those  l(u- 
•"  !i  IJell  gives  her  credit." 
At  this  stage  of  the  p.ocwdings  the  doctor  left  the  room 
liope."  .soliloquized  the  terrified  lady,  "  that  whatever 
m:.y  be  her  acquirements,  I  will  not  be  Ion-  troubled  bv  lu  r 
f'vseuee.     'Tis  true  that  I  know  no  more^of  these  aequin- 
•"•'iiis  than  1  know  of  her  eharaet.r  ;  but  fur  all  this,  I  have 
a  thorough  contempt  even  for  i)^,  name  which  she  bears 
Mary    Theresa,  forsooth!      She    must  be  an    out-and.),,; 
i  =q»st      I  never  knew  of  an  Irish  family  that  was  wantim^ 
'"  '^  Mary.     There's,  for  instance,  3Lrv  Finagan,  the  wa.li- 
envoman  ;  there's  Mary  P.drcrly,  that  hawks  the  oran... 
«'.ont  ;  and  there's  Mary  O'Flam.igan,  the  greatest  drn'nk- 
"'•'1  -n  the  city.     A.al  Tner.sa  !  of  cours,.,  another  Iri^h 
torovt-me-not,  and,  therefo.e,  as  hateful  every  whit  as  Mh-t 
l^ic-se  poor  ignorant  creatun-s  the  Irish  have,  it  seems   no' 
vo.abuhn.y  but   Mary   aiid  There.a,   Theresa    and   lii.idy 


50 


well!    well! 


iiiddy  and  Mary,  back  a-ahi  to  Mary  and  Th.-nsi  ,,,1 
on  to  the  e.ul  of  the  chapter.     Tncre.,  then,  is  u  uiln-n.. 
of  the  hrst  water,  an.l  was,  of  coui'se,  a  native  of  some  I.. 
Hi  ould  Jreh.nd,  near  8t.  Kijhui's  well,  or  holy  '  Loch  l»  ' 
riM-.'      My   stars  !     Mary   Theresa-what   els.'  v     ,.,,.1,,  ' 
UFlaheriy-Mary  Theresa  UTiaherty  !  only  think  of  hi' 
a  M'overness  for  an  American  l»rotestant  !     VVell   'tis  rea 
provoking."  '  '  "• 

And  Mrs.  M'Dong-ald,  having-  f.nLshed  her  charitaMe  a,,., 
learned  solilo<iuy,  arose,  and  betook  herself  to  another  an.n 


CIIAITEK  X, 

DIVERSITY  OF    CHARACTER. 

From  (lie  liostilily  or  ratl.cr  nvorsioii  wliicli  ^f,N    AfD  . 

pM  Lad  for  the  rvligion  and  counlrj-ofpoor  ,Mury'Ti„,v". 

■t  would  apiKuir  lh.it  sl„.  iM-rsclf  w,u,  th.  f„i(l,f,d  ,h11„,v„,  ,' 

mno  ,,,,rtic„tor  en...!,     That  «l,o  ,v„s,  howovor,  i,,  „o,  :. 

oah  y   he  ea«e.     A.  before  .stated,  she  was  the  d^u.hter ,; 

ter  e.X|,re.s.sed  than  h,  two  si„,,,|o  ,vords,  vi,.,  hors,.raei,.  , 
»d  monarehy.     Horse-raeins  "n,!  tnonar.-hy  i  ...IiahHl  cvm  I 
.-..de  of  his  faith.     The  tenet,  mentionecHir.  .f 

l.r.st  ,„e„t,o,„,l  fro,r,  the  f,.et  that  it  oee„,,ie,l  the  fore  o| 
Pluee  ,„  h,s  eonvietions.     The  te„et,  ,„e„tio„.l  seeo         , 
been  ,,,e„t,o„ec,  .second  for  a  reason  whiel,  of  eonrse  ;„:' 
uo   be  a.«Kned.     In  later  life  he  relin,|ni..|„.,l  one  of  the, 
artn  les,  and  a,lop,„l  another.     The  a,lopted  one  was  re,  ,1. . 
■—..     r-"he  ti,„e,  therefore,  in  which  his  dislL. 


b('^-an,  111 

and  repiil 

His  da 

.  ill  r  father 

I;'  mind  d( 

•  haracter. 

l'l(»L'k,"an^ 

.'  is,  and  1 

_-     TJie  frui 

|h"  iikelv  t 

^^AVIiether.) 

ij-  a  (Mitstk 

'(■'  I'faiii  tha 

Vet  tra(; 

->  well  as  {] 

i.v^  sen; teh 

■^'"i"e,  what 

*  :Maloo'UO. 
'■I  -iiiall  hea( 
f    !•  ill  the 
]    liiiient  th 
•I    fiarm  grrei 
i'  *'i,  Iir)j)e,  ( 
'■■I'.'t'i't  Chrif 
-Now  and 
'1(1  tiien,  to 
■«'tli  theatre 
e  g-oes   to 
■''^"•I'fnl  eloeii 
!'•'  to-morro' 
f  o'l  the  sta< 
'iiii'ch,  beean 
''f^ij' ;  soino  c 


A    T  A  r,  E . 


'i»<'lVs:i,  uii.i  ., 
i»  a  UilR'niiii, 

b'  of  SOIIK.'  I„ 

iy  '  Lodi  1»  , 

I'SL'  r  IHTli;ij, 
lliink  of  si;., 
'♦-■II,  'tis  rcuin 

'll!intiilil(.'  ;iiM 
iiotliir  aj);ii[. 


67 


fi-s.  MT). 

iicllu'rcnt  (, 
T,  is  not  i 
fi:Hi^-lit(.r  oi  M 
I  1h'  no  111  t- 
oi-sc-rufiiiL''.  i 
Itidcd  evcrv 
t,  lias  Ih'cii 
'«e  foroniovt 
^of'ond,  li;i8 
ourso,  um\ 
10  of  those 
was  rcpiil)- 
dlsloyultv 


bo-an,  his  profos^^ion  of  faith  ran  bricflv  thn  •  •  i 

ij- cla„.htor  Han-iotjuuin.  heen  lK>n.  i^^ 
'■"•  '='  ''7'^  l-I'tH-al  aposta.y,  oonhl  not  bo  exoc-c    d  t  V 

|--..d<.pIyind.n..d.ith«ontinu.ntsofVl    :    tr^ 
IWhethiT^Jrs  JVrDon.n.l.i  i...  » '^^'ly  H'la-mcd. 

■*■ .  ««;.'■ "' ""' """  ■'""  "■•  ■»"  N,. 
;f;t:'x;-rLtr,^t;- -. 

I'Oth  theatre  and  lI...,.  i    i  ^"♦^'"'^<-  ,  and  slie  went  to 

't  on  the  st'itrn      €j„.        ,,        .        '"  *^  ^'^'*<<'''il  t'locntion- 
*oir;  .,„„,o  „,i,„    ,!,!    ,  ''™""'"'  l'"'-''"-'""'-"  ■'"  ll.» 


nlli'T  linip  she  wiii 


K"  to  ,1  ,|i(r,,,v,ii   ilipiUrc 


68 


W  R  I,  I,  !     W  K  I,  L  1 


because  some  splendid  ].riimi  doiUKi  is  uboiit  niakiiij.-  ]„.r  ai 
l.caruuce  The  grout  players  and  the  great  |)reaehcrs  ai 
gone  from  botli  theatre  and  church,  aud  so  is  Mrs.  M'D.ifr 
gald. 

But  how  could  horse-racing,  and  republicanism,  in   ! 
person  of  Mrs.  M'Dougald,  be  so  terribly  antagonistic  i 
Catholicity,  and  Ireland,  in  the  person  <>!   Mary  i'lier-r 
It  is  impossible  that  they  .;ouId.     Jloise-raciug  is  a.  sjiorr 
dear  fo  a  naiive  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  ns  it  is  to  Viie  h.^:h 
of  any  country  on  the  globe.     F.r  a  i)r  iof  of  this-,  go  to  u 
Curragh  of  K  ildare,  and  be  convinced.      Again,  republica 
ism  is  a  form  of  governmeut  as  agreeuble  to  an  Irishman, , 
it  is  to  the  rao4  'horougl,  <l.molisher  of  thrvues  imogluaO!.' 
Of  this  America  affords  superabniidani  cvitlence. 

From  ;!iis  it  is  ol'vious,  that  il  was  not  the  mere  hor 
r.ichig  aud  republl(,-anism  of  Mrs.  M'Dougaia,  whicli  niadf 
her  ft  foe  to  thi-  country  and  creed  of  the  other.     We  nni  t 
th^'refai"^,  infer  from  what  we  have  stated,  that  from  3fr 
M-0  Hjguld^^  creed  of  theory,  and   i,ot  from  her  creed  ./ 
practice,    arose   the   oi)position   which   she  showed  to  fli 
stranger.     Wliat  was  that  theory  ?    To  define  it  would  k 
diHieidt.     This   much,  however,   is   cerlain,  that   the  lad 
under  consideration  was  not  opi)osed  to  any  religion  but  fit 
one— she  was  not  oppose<l  to  any  country  but  the  one.    lI,- 
spirit  of  opposition  nmst  have  been  the  same  in  both  cnsoj 
People  of  all  creeds,  and  people  of  all  nations,  with  ti, 
exception  of  the  people  and  the  creed  already  named,  foii» 
acceptance  in  the  eyes  of  Dr.  M'Dougald's  wife.    To  hav 
been  acceptable  to  her,  therefore,  all  creeds  must  in  ?ii!. 
stance  be  like  her  own.     But  as  her  own— a  mere  theoiv- 
had  not  about  it  a  glhnmenng  of  Christianity,  so  all  tl 
creeds  were  anything  and  eveiTthing  but  Christian.     Co  I 
K('(|nently,  they  n..,4  be  anti-chrlstian.     TI.e  religion   Ih.:; 


A\hich  ha 

|eiifiiiy,  cs 

itiiiit  is  to 

if'-re,  was 

lluit  it  wti 

til''  spirit 

t^hall   V 

Iwe  believ 

ilia  lighter  J 

Doctor 

!iorse  of  a 

^theory ;  pc 

'there  was 

'the  doctor, 

ptnte  here, 

'ooroiis  bigo 

The  doct 

eon  at  the 

which  a  Pr 

|h(»y  in  char 

'ill  marked  i 

^'onl  to  th( 

[said  the  fat! 

-iioagji  yet,' 

i«fro,  and  a  ri 

eccentric  mx 

'^11  which  A 

icn  such 

■doctor  WD 

iit  poetry  a 

Aiiotlier  I] 

[tiniehing  whic 

«i»i"!iisli  this  |) 


I,., 


y^' 


'^'■- 


'm 


A    T  .\  r,  i: 


r.i) 


niakiii<>-  licr  a 
I  preacliciv  a; 
is  Miii.  Ml)r. 


icaiiisin,  in  ti, 
untatroiiistic  k 
Mary  J'liori"'»'n| 
)j^  is  a  fjjiocr  ;,• 

s   to  tlie  h.rtifi 

this,  go  to  tr^ 

Eiin,  r<'}»iibii(  ii.. 

.11  Il'Islilliail.  ;i- 

les  imopriuu'.'li 
ice. 

he  mere  hnr 
1,  whieli  luadfj 
T.     We  mibti 
lat  from  3frv 
licr  creed  nf| 
bowed  to  til* 
le  it  would  l)t 
liat   tlie  lai 
W'^'um  but  l! 
the  one.    ]h 
n  both  (^M 
ons,  with  ll, 
nainod,  foiiii' 
ife.     To  have 
must  in  sn' 
lore  tlieoiy-l 
,  so  all  Urn 
istian.     Coh 
cligion,  ihi. 


"'■'■''  ''"^'  "f™'  '■'  '!"■   "I'1'",T...„.,-  ,„■■  ,,„  „nlH.l„.Mi,„ 

.....nv  cannot  ,tsolf  he  .,„.K.l,ris,i,„,  ,„„  „„.  „,,  ,J    ,      ' 

|i:,:it  IS  to  say,  It  must  1„.  CLrisiim,      Af.,,.,.'. ..  r-"-  " ' 

Ir,  »a»  hated  by  M,..  M'D„„       ,  „'        ^ ';^;^i;::',;'""-^- 

.1...  it  was  Christian.     Tl.is  dedneti,  ,  ,1«  s  not   ,  I  IdiT' 

|.l,..  .,,int  by  winch  that  hulv  was  a.fnatcd  '"' 

.-Ul  we   henceforth   .-onsid,.,-   I,,.,,  a   h,.at ?     ^|,,n 

I    .-T ;  poetry  and  ,,hysic  was  the  ,„-ae,ice.    hesid,^  1,^ 
*""  7  nether  ,,,■■„,,  of  action,  r,«r  sprin.  „    ,  ,        ,' 
the  doctor.     One  or  two  f,„,s,  which  i,  ,,„„!,„  as  w       " 
h't«  l«;.v,  will  explain  how  it  „,„  ,,„„  ,„     f,     "  c"  an 
Icorous  „otry  for  which  his  wife  ,v.,s  so  rcn.arhabl 

Ihe  doctor's  father,  a  „,an  of  ,„a„y  pccnliaritics.  '.en,  hi, 

'.   "  '^•^  "S"  °f  «^'«-,  to  a  celebrated  acad  n.v  „    r 
wlaeh  a  Protestant  clersTinan  orcshlcl      it  "^  '""^ 

|l«n-  in  charo-e  to  tl>e  T>      I     '"^'"''"'-     """"S  Ki™n  the 

H..r^:::^j:s:L:;trt::t:!;f;;;i^^^^^^^ 

h"«l.  yet."     Allen  jrDon..aW  was  twentv-liv    y."  r'  o 

■-,  -d  a  medical  doctor,  and  yet  'tis  a  cer'tainty  ,?; 

"■'■™  no  sn-e  did  not,  any  ,„ore  than  before,  specilV  t  Id  y 

0     r  ;  .nl '7,'""°  "^  ""-^  "■-  ""■  K-1  "'"I.T  which 

oefrl??''      ""■"■  *"  '" '""'•  "  '^  "»'  "onderhd 

■'■'  Po  f.y  and  phys,c  were  the  only  articles  of  his  creed 

Another  lact,  which  will  prove  how  true  he  was  to  the 
dan,  „.h,ch  he  had  receivcl,  n,ay  not  nnlit.ingly  se^  „ 

paniish  this  parnQTiinh  fe  /  »^'  vt  lo 


GO 


W  K  I,  1.  I 


V,- 


''9 


His  mother,  a  .s.,iisy  old  I.„wl;u„h  r,  ct    •  •    •■,      ',,; 
til.-  (liiUc-s  iiR-uuibfiit  upon  Chrisliijiis  coa.sM,  u  .  ,  ,■  ■ 
liil^lo,  furuisluHl  iKT  son   on   Lis  .l.part.uv  Irom  S.oii 
With  the  miiJKsit(3  vuliime,  and  msoivin-  nj,o„  liiuiip...  . , 
some  day  or  another,  whether  her  "  l.onnio  laddie  in  the  I  '. 
eouMtrie"  would  "searcli  the  Serii,tures"or  not,  she  j.ut  b  '.' 
It  H  liank  of  England  note,  e(,ual  in  value  to  a  hun.h'. 
dollars  oi  A.neriean  currenej.     It  was  a  singular  fact  ll 
the  doctor  never  discovered  the  money  until  the  expiruti.. 
ot  four  years  after  his  coming  to  America.     The  discovnv 
was  a  i)ure  accident. 
Though  on  the  whole,  then,  M'Dougald  gave  to  all  ,< 

cerned,  sutlidcnt  da  ta  to  have  thm  believe  that  he  was  m-it  Ir  r 
l»;actu.dly,  nor  theoretically,  a  child  of  any  particular  fail 
stil   there  were  those  who  were  fully  certain  that  he  was  .„ 
^Mthout  1,18  religions  convictions.     II,.  never  went  to  na ,  • 
ing,yet  some  old  Baptists  of  the  feminine  gender  finr 
believed  that  he  was  a  Baptist,     lie  never  went  to  chnn  I 
yet  some  old  British  ladies  lirmly  hdieved  that  he  wa^  ■ 
churchman.     Ho  never  went  to  kiik,  yet  some  old  Prc.l  v- 
terian  ladies  lirmly  Ijelieved  that  he  was  a  Caivinist      Ji 
never  went  to  muss,   yet  some  old   Catholic  ladies  fi,,,!, 
behevTd  that,  if  he  was  not  a  Papist  all  out,  he  was  nn": 
very  far  from  being  one.     He  was  never  circumcised  y,  i  ■• 
certain  rich  old  Israelite  firmly  believed  that  he  was  a  Jew' 
Ho  never  denied  the  existence  of  God,  yet  hard  old  materi- 
ahsts  hrmly  believed  that  he  was  an  Atheist.     His  prliH'^i  I. 
ot  "Omnia  omnibus,"  evi.lently  deceived  them  all      i^,L 
two  or  three  wiseae-res  of  the  masculine  ge.der,  had  il.. 
impudence  to  say  that  the  doctor  would  just  as  soon  be  one 
thing  as  another.     More  said  that  he  wouhl  just  as  .oon  Ik- 
nothing  as  anything.     But  no  matter.     It  will  be  suflieient 
to  state  m  conclusion,  that  he  was  a  g<,.neral  favorite  witl. 


all  niann 
j:"!ieral  I 

This 
explain 
religion  t 


I      Thkhe 

jvvelry  b) 

!')  euine  ( 

iiiul,  to  he 

lai's  uj»on  I 

Ikt  haiidn 

pri'liare   tl 

liiiles  off  t 

'b'ininv,  th 

iiiiiiision. 

Shortly 

Theresa,  w 

room,  and  j 

"God  s{i 

couiitrywon 

self  this  ni( 

■'  Very  w 

Joiiiiny  ?" 

"  Brave  « 
never  sick  a 
oiareios.'* 


A     TALR. 


CI 


ill      V-\:i['.\: 

>  liiidiiij;'  . 
ilio  in  till"  I 
slie  j)iit  v.,  i 
o  a  hundr.. 
lar  fact  tl:  ' 
»c  expiratifi 
lie  tliscovdv 


all  niannor  of  Christians,  and  all  manner  of  Chri.stians  ^vas  a 
f^i'iicrul  tavorite  with  him. 

•n,i,s  aeco„„t   or  iIm..  ,lo,.tor'.s   rdidcus   t.udmW,  „:i; 
.  xHum  the  imle   foa«   «l,Icl.   I,e  ll-lt  about   the  lutu.v 

ivli--ion  of  Emma. 


ciiAPTEii  xr. 

AN    UGLY    FIT. 

Tn,.:„E  was  soo„  to  bo  i„  .M'J)o„s,M'.s  hull  "a  som„l  of 

.vvolry  by  ,„gl,t.»    A  h,,.,..  „ar,y  h.  honor  of  the  .u..  was 

■■  >'o..e  off  at  the  .s„...„.stio„  of  the  wortliy  ,„isi,v«  who 

N."i,  to  her  luluute  ,lehj;l,t,  won  a  bet  of  two  hnn.lre.l  dol- 

^  ..-^  u,,on  one  0    her  father's  favoi^ite  steed.,     llerseli'  and 

'"■'■  '""","""••  '"".  I«'l  -t  ont  early  in  ,ho  rnin/,o 

l-pare  the  articles  necessary  for   the  feast.     Son.e  tea 

uie»  off  the  doelor  had  a  patient  whom  he  went  to  see 

j™,ny,  tl,e  hostler,  and  general  drndge,  had  charge  of  the 

.Shortly  after  the  departure  of  mistress  and  ,nai,I,  .Mary 
Heresa,  who  by  this  time  wa.s  perfectly  rec^overed.  1  ft  her 
room,  and  proceeded  to  the  kitchen 

"G„,l  save  yon,  AIi.ss  Mary,"  cried  Jemmv,  as  his  fair 
oun  ryworaan  made  her  appearance,  "  how  do  yon  find  vo"  - 
self  this  nioniiim:  ?" 

jel,!;'?.""'  '"'"""'■ '  "'""^  ^""  ■'  ■"'"  ''»»•  -  yo--'f. 

"  Brave  and  stout,  thanks  be  to  God  ;  but  sure  myself  i, 
IS' '''""'^»«'-'^<''-I'0,-d  be  praised 'r^hL 


t\2 


w  K  r,  (.  !    w  K  1. 1. 1 


Of  tho  Inidi  .»r  this  srninm^,  nuy  oi.c  who  wo.iM  l.u.k  ,f 
J<'iiitny,  would  at  uiicc  )m.  crrtuin. 

Ho  was  almnt  fiw  f.vt  hitrh,  .„„i  |,,  ,,,,  „^..^,.,^,  ^,^  ,^^.^  , 
as  li,.  was  loajr.  a  k.jr  ^-ivos  a  rapital  idea  of'lus  unik- 
i^ilv.'  a  k,.or,  he  was  swelled  out,  lore  and  aft,  al.out  mi . 
ships,  and,  like  a  k.-  he  was  abruptly  tupeivd  off  ut  l..,ri, 
I'Xfn-nuties.  His  head  was  nearly  all  fare.  The  h.-ad  ,i 
load  you  muM  call  it,  perfeetly  flat  at  the  top,  looked  nu 
.keacou..  '"his  face,  than  a  head.    A  little  sprin  . 

"    ,  •         I""'"'  ''"1''^'<J,  and  all   that  it  hoaM,,, 

«oem<.d  u>  iuuieate  that  the  head  had  b.en  phu-ed  iu  son,.: 
other  r,  ,^,on,  and  that  tin-  hair,  whiH,  ren.aine.l,  was  left  h,r  ' 
the  purpose  of  ren.indin;.^  all  beholders  that  Jeuuuy  on.v 
possessed  a  head,  as  we-'       '  •        i^hhors.     The  faee,  how- 
ever  was.  you  may  be  sure,  no  fraetional  part.    The  elnrk^ 
whieh  were  as  red  as  searlei,  were  pulfed  out  to  a  de^nv' 
tlmt  evidently  ^.ave  the  skin  ns  rrmeh  t..  do  to  maintain^!,. 
"•Hon    as  it  gives  the   patriots  of  our  eonntrv,   to  k<v 
to-..ther  the  North  and  So..th.    'Twould  appear,>rom  th.  t 
great  extension,  that  Jennny  was  the  blower  of  some  invi^'. 
ble  ba^r.p,pe  ,vhieh  he  was  determined  upon  keepin-  fill, 
everlastm-Iy.      On   a.rount  of  tho   ehe.-ks'  mono.K^v    |  ■- 
eyes  were  consi<lerably  deprived  of  their  onVina!  fre;.!,,,,. 
His  nose,  for  the  same  cause,  had  desperate  stru^rlin-  -m 
keep  Its  top  above  water,  or  rather  above  ta/fow      At'    ' 
present  moment  it  was  all  but    nbmerfred.     What  bet... 
a  deep  indenture  whi.-h  it  had  in  the  middle,  and  the  over- 
oppmp:  fl...h-hei,.ht8  between  which  it  lay.  it  was  deeidedly 
1' tie  short  of  ben.,  a  non  descripU.s,  or  a  non  invent„;. 
Ihe  aforesaid  headpiece,  or   acepiece,  or  whatever  vou  wi<h 
to  style  It,  s    —not  upon  a  He<-k,  bu(  upon  shouldVrs  i 
nmrnier  p-ojme /.oquen./n  ydept  "srpwttash."     Neck    there 
was  noil"      S  .i;  ivasJcmm- 


A     T  A  I.  K 


V'Oiil.l  look  at 

irly  :i.s  lir.i   , 
i>r  liis  iiuik 
,  aljoiit   111 

oir  at  Im    . 
Hie  head,    , 
looked  un> 
Hull'  spriii. 

it  l)()iis[ 
<H'(1  ill  sum, 
was  ll'ft  1.  r 
feinrny  oik 
'  Tat'o,  li(»u- 
Tlio  elicck^, 

0  a  dt'pfi-cc 
laiiitaiii  flic 
y,  to  k('t'|i  1 

from  tlxir  i 
•oine  invisi- 
'piri]?  fillci 
lopoly,  Iii.s 

1  freed  oil). 
ag^diii<r  fo 
'.     At  ?!.*^ 

t   l)et\\t'(;, 

the  over- 

decidedly 

inventus. 

'  you  wish 

Iders,  i. 
ick    th0T6 


Cu\ 


"  Af.d  Jemmy,  is  it  possihi,.  that  y.Mi  u-ere  never  sick  '" 
'UVII,  then,"  repIi.Hl  J,,n.„y  aff.r  a  i.aus.,  -j  wn,',,  i 
w  iis  worise  " 

"What  was  your  complaint,  Jemi      ;" 

••  Wi.sha,  thin,  MisH  Mary,  'twas  a  irrible  one,  a  tirriUe 
one  intnvly  H  tnk  me  jn«t  acra.s  here,"  .aid  he,  lavinu-  his 
haMd  Ui.ou  his  fat  pauneh,  ''it  tuk  me  just  acrass  h'ere  like 
'■  (la>h  out  ,v  a  g-oon,  and  I  was  gothered  up  into  a  k.iot  in' 

^^''  I'rol.al.ly  you  had  c-aton  something  that  di^agre.-d  with 

••l>"iad,m.yl.eIdid-howsumever,  I  disrememlnT  now 

'-«■  .t  cum,  but  there  I  was  at  any  rate  all  .other  up,  and 
^i-ure  enuuM-h,  J  thoug-ht  the  hfe  was  lavin'  me.  The  nei-h- 
hors  l.earin  me  .sc-reeehin'  run  to  the  house.  Tim  lii.rke  nn'iio 
.li-d  not  lonn:  afther-tho  heavens  he  his  bed  this  dav-was 
wan  of  them.  Vo.r  Tim,  1.  was  the  dayeent,  gint.-ef  boy-l 
you  wouhin  t  hud  his  a.juals  in  .  ..y's  walk  ;  'twas  he  that 
cum  from  the  fine  dayeent  father  and  molher  !  Wisha  (jod 
'•■with  you,  ould  Ireland  !  I  never  thinks  iv  it.  Miss  Mary 
out  the  tears  comes  to  mv  eyes." 

.Jeimny  stopped  a  ui.mlent,  and  Ma.y  felt  fullv  as  sad  as 
liinisell. 

^  "Well,  as  I  was  t,-Ilin'  you,"  proece^led  Jemmv.  reeovred 
•n-.i  m  transient  fit,  "I  was  roarin'  and  bawlin' like  a  bull 

|v  a^n    ^     j.oor  Tim  kom  in,  and  ses  I,  Tim  agra,  g.,  up  oj 
t  ait    aole  th.   o,  ses  I,  a.id  keteh  me  by  the  two  heels,  and 
straiuhten  n.       ,t,  ses  I,  for  I  think  my  baek-bone  is  broke 
«•"  my  hvers,  an<l  Kghts,  and  evc-ry  hayporth  inside  iv  me 
•^  .low,,  m  my  belly  clear  and  clane,  ses  1.     The  poor  fellow 
a.>  twas  myself  axed  him,  for  he  didn't  love  his  own  brotlu  r 
better  nor  he  did  me,  he  jumpr  '  on  top  iv  the  table  a         • 
was  the  warrant  that  o.>.A/ iump-^'tvv-,H  a  hijjh  wall  or  hui-.- 


» 


f.4 


^'  K  I.  L  !     w  i:  I.  I,  ! 


that  T.in  vvoi.l.lu't  ho  afirr  cWrii.' ;  but  now  mln.l  ho  ...( 
"1>  on  tnp  iv  the  little  tul.Ie,  which  ha.l,  hv  the  same  t..k' 
a  kind  IV  crass  h.^rs  uiuler  it—I  mind  it  well,  'tis  orini  1  <„  „ 
my  share  iv  u  ^n,,,,]  j.|ass  iv  poteen  aff  iv  it—and  with  th 
»'<3  tnk  me  by  the  heels  and  slnn.k  n.e,  and  shnr,\  ,ne   till  | 
thought— the  Lord  JM-tnne  us  and  harm-thut  there  wasn't  . 
goot  m  me,  but  was  oiU  iv  me." 

Mary  eould  scarcely  contain  herself. 
"Tis  as  thrue  as  ['m  t.-IIin'  you,"  said  Jemmv,  hx.kin-  ;,t 
•or  with  all  possil.Ic  seriousness,  "  will  I  ever  fnr-cf  it  v     n,„ 
I'ad  nuun.ers  to  the  bit  iv  n.e,  just  as  I  thou^^I.t  I  uas  <.n  tl.. 
pomt  IV  gar,,  a',  what  do  you  think  but  a  rmsfort. unite  uW 
that  strolled  into  the  house,  nnule  a  pioon.u--  un.ler  the  tal,l"' 
frigh;ened,  I  wouhln't  wan.lcr,  from  the  hubbub  that  w.. 
gom  an,  and  threw  poor  Tin.  alf  iv  the  table,  an.l  mys.'lt 
IV  .  lorse  with  him,  ninm  the  flure  down." 
Alary  laughed  outri<-ht. 

"Oh,  as  thrue  as  I'm  savin'  it  with  my  two  lips  and  mv 
toongue-<lown  kern  n.y  head  aginst  the  hard  (lure  and 
poor  Tun  on  the  tap  iv  me,  out." 

''And  how  ,Jid  you  fed  after  that,  Jemmv  ?"  asked  Marv 
trymg  to  recover  herself,  and  keep  her  gravity 

es  I  Go,  Jerry  avick-thut  was  Tim's  brotl.er-..o  is  I 
for  he  priest  innna^liantly,  an, I  hurry,  ,o,  for  ther 'won't  1. 
a  bit  V  me  together  be  the  time  he  comes.  Jhtv  run  off 
tL!  •  O'Xail,  and  thin  I  begun  the  bawlin  .! 
llioro  was  phnty  of  women  about  me,  but  what  coukAl 

eraytnrs  do  and  I  was  tassin'  and  toomblin'  over  and     t 
"Ponti     ,,,,,^^^^^ 

Hit.     He  saw  in  a  minit  what   ail.led  me    and  ses  h 
may  pointin'  to  my  poor  mother-the  Lord      1  1 

on  her  sowl-get  some  flannel  if  you  have  it,  and  warm  U 


Ulll,  illh 

Siiyin'  lit 

H'>  liis  o 

t(»  liiiMse 

f    over  nie, 

vcMi  see  I 

iur  I  \\i[ 

.'    (lay  to   (I 

'  M)tli-ae|i 

me,  ele 

f<liop  that 

was  in,  tc 

^<'>«  I,  and 

tfie  groun 

that  he  hi 

my  tooth,  i 

hilt  I  didn' 

siiiifli's,   ai 

more  nor  i 

And,  niydt 

diskivered  i 

tt'otli,  and  1 

"•b'Mimv, 

''\Vasn''t 

I'airh,  if  I 

sarvin'.     B,, 

Ixniiered  na 

dragged  out 


J 


iniiid,  lio  n  , 
fume  toki  i 
ot'tcii  I  (.,  „ 
•  I  with  tll;,' 

I'li  mp,  till  I 
icre  w  si^ri't 


,  lookiri^i'  at 
•'Mt?  I5,it 
was  oil  tlic 
•tmiuto  pi^', 
T  the  tahlr. 
>  that  Wii> 
and  iiiy.sf  li 


ps  and  Tiiy 
fliiro,   {111(1 

ked  Marv, 


A     TALK. 


Gft 


"'^'"""'  1""   <t   to  thr  phin.  ^.lH■,v^r.  f....|.<I 
s.vin'  h..  took  out  his  l.ri  w.,.v    H     i  '"""•     •'^" 

/inwfr  .   •  "'"'"''"■'^  thi-l,o(,k,  yonkno^v.  ^^h,,  |„. 

'    -v.-r  m...  I,„t  h(.  didn't      VV..II  '    """^''^  '"■<!  '■<»d  sum 

,-";-'"•' p'.--".^i"'.t:^;:::;;:r,::;;;;::: 

•        ,  ,"'  'v  J.HI,   J  in  helorc  niv  story.     I  hn.I  a 

'  "'fli-achc  11  not  her  turn   mul  F  ♦!,       i*    '.     ,    "^  * 

'  """  ^  ihoiiyht  tho   Uiid  'iil  n.>     <r 

'    """•  '•'''"••  '•"•!  (lane  Mid  It       r      •  .  "^  "" 

**  itn  Tiiat,  he  but  me  lie  uhon  mv  hn.-L-  .... 
•'  ^TouiH I  and  so   r  lii.l      ti  •  .     ,    '  "  ^^  ^"* 

i""i-''  "or  sot  (Imvi,  hI„,,  t •  ■  "'""  '  ""y 

'J«'nin.y,tliat  was  a  terrible  mistake" 

A  iiau  me  sjKiijieen  near  me   TM  .,•;.-.  i  •     i  •     , 
siivin'      Ti.if  +1  •  "^'  -^*' M've  him  his  (  8- 


d6 


W  E  1,  I.  !     W  K  1,  I,  ! 


C]IA1'TER   Xri 


ciKiKF   Kou  (;i.i;k. 


TiiK  laiiii)s  were  li-'litcd  in  J)r.  M'Don^al.l's  luiUs,  in 
the  ^-iicsls,  who  hm\  hcen  invited  to  the  piirty,  liad  scvjtmI 
iirrivcd.     Twoiild  nof   ho   lo   Hie  ptiri.osc  io  di'scriho  il 


fii'sl,  festivities  of  tl 


le  evenintr,    iniisnnieli  as   Ihcv  w 


ere   1 


wise  (linVreiit  fi-(.ni  those  whieli  usually  nmrk  ai 
the  kind. 


I  occasion  n 


;.    \\\,'  no  on 
I  It  rfiiiijar  ( 

I   ((;li>n|||en 

*  ;ii(le  hrou! 
xir.i'iy,  an 

•    tl'lldl'     jloi 
llullOI'S. 

Now,  re 
liiiairine 
wlii.vkered 
<nii(  ci'ned, 
I  !.'!irin<r,  \vi 
■  II-:'  <iiit  hifi 
i-tainin,i!:  n 
'  iili  a  hoar 

'.i.nsc    wllO 

i-liikc  the 

HiiK.iT,  at 

ii'jikiiiii'  iieec 

!  liullicned  I, 

iiMrvillons,  I 

"if  oM  (;()V( 

!i  kiKick  alto; 
/'w,  and  div( 
wiiiistandin'r 

n 

He  eviden 
Iii'iNona<r(.  wli 

Another  el 
li-'iairim;  a  ; 
^'>^  I'uny  ])m 
«li.vli  he  wen 
^""iii^^  in  tun 
<'0!K-ei-jifd  us  ti 


'■""Tt- 


A    r  /^  I,  E . 

J  til 

v,.,s,„M„K.lik,.,.o.„f,|,o  ,,,„,,.     T„  „ll  n„„.,.,. li,  „„, 

,»n^,.l„r,„,l,.„l.     I.  M,.,in,M,„v,„^, „,„„„.,     .,,„,,;,„,.,,„: 

.  -nH,,,„.„.  u,,„„  ™.h  „  irial,  i»  only  ,.,,„„,1, v  ,l„.  W 

.-''■ '-.,.     o„   ,,  u,e  „,,„,,„i||.     V,.,,  ,|„„k,-,„  ,„,„„.,., 

-™-JI.M.»to,,-.  I,c.,.ltl,  in  »„,,.  „,„  ,,,„„^  ;.„,  ^;,,  ^^^^ 
Xmv,  iradcr,  for  mmtli,,-  ,ffi,rt  „r  yoin-  f,„»A- ' 

': :""■'•■  .V"«"l'"- Pan,ll..|osn„„  „f  „,„,,     j ., 

V"'!  '""  ""'™>«  ''•n-"i",.s,  will,  , .11,1,..  i,„H,ti. 

.......  a, .r,«o,.,h,.,f  ,,,,,„,,,,     ,„.„,.  „i,„  no. 

'"'  "  '"'"■■*  '"''^y  >•-'■".  ■'  -"'ff  of  love  ,„„|  ,l,„v,  of  „.|,;h; 
U,ose  w,,„  ,,„„„  ,,„,„  ,i,„,^  ^_„,,  l,u,.,,n.^.     K,„       , 

""l  ^'  ...ror,l,  will,  ,„|,„i,,,„|,.  ,•„„,,„„„;, I,  "'• 

(.,,V..,,o,.«V.,,,.,,,,.,„,i,,  ,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,    ,,,,!,,,,.,, 

I"...  I  a   .,,.,1,,.,.  „,„sl,.,.l^.  i„  it,  ,av,  ,.,.,.„,„.o„s  ..x,,),.;,,-^ 

-.»;.;.^..,:..n™,.o,„i.,o,....„„ ,4':: 

', ,„,  ..•.'^"'"""■'■\">''-"''''i" I".  1 ,™,.i,i,„ 


""«   ".   IIIIM   l,i.s  |,i,„.,  ,„|,| 


rowtniLj  as  til 


>-'|irtaliiiiir  „i[( 


as  t'a>v  11  til  j  uri- 


gTuvtHliggrri„JIa,nlet,u„tfro,nI.isfl 


iroiil 


68 


w  K  I,  I. !    w  a  1, 1. ! 


I- 1 


lM!t  from  tho  roof  of  Lis  inoufh,  a  hn\hv\  Nvofnl  I„  |],p  oxtn  i. 
One  sl.nink.'n  shank  l.s  lovii.uly  lai.l  niTo.s  the  oth.-r  c. 
of  his  fordino^ors  is  firnily  hooknl  in  the  arm-hoh-s  of  |,i,j 
vest,  his  nic..  is  dry  and  nnmcanin-  his  hrad,  thou-h  a  liN-i 
rate  lit  for  hi.u,  is  suited  to  no  other  man  in  en-ation  -  a-' 
tliere,  perpendieuiariy  seated   as    lie   is,  he  forms,  on  H 
whole,  one  of  the  greatest  euriosilies  that  ever  held' forth  ,. 


a  singer 


Of  course  he  had  a  right  to  call,  so  he  did. 
One  more  effort,  reader,  and  you  have  done. 
_    Imagin,>  now  a  thick-set,  taciturn,  stoicnl.  inn-itaii-lo.,!.; 
UKlividual  playing  his  part.   Imagine  him  sustaining  an  an., 
composition,  whose  last  edition  was  l„ng  ago  e.xliau<t,-d  v 
sustaining  it  with  a  voie,.  which,  consisting  as  it  does  of  i; 
particular  note  which  lies  immediately  next  door  to  a  vomit, 
kiK.ws  no  other  mo.lulation  than  a  certain  sound  whi.liisi 
neither  a  flat,  nor  a  natural,  but  a  medium  between  bcth 
11  you  can  keep  cool,  while  such  a  one  is  boring  all  «ro,„„i 
you,  It  is  assuredly  more  than  the  .-oinpany  are  ubie  l.,  ,iJ 
Wind  though  he  be  to  his  own  delieieneies,  even  old  Ifoiist.J 
hnnself,  in  spile  of  the  immense  shirt-collar,  that  hUumU  J 
like  sentinels  with   fixe.l   bayonets  upon   Imth  sides  of  hiJ 
jaws,  has,  to  the  great  i.eril  of  his  nose  caused  by  linen  nii,i 
starch,   turned   his  la-ad  into  a  corner,  and  there,  with  A 
hapj.y  recollection  of  his  own  inimitable  performance  sfill.s 
the  laughter  which  threatens,  if  not  let  off,  to  choke  liiJ 
One  lady  has  put  all  her  lingers  into  her  ears.     Another  luJ 
Ktnlfe<l  a  whole  handkerchief  in(<,  h,.,.  mouth.     A  third  i.^ 
thinking  upon  the  horrors  of  a  civil  war.     The  doctor  who 
has  more  liberty  than  his  guests,  has  (juietly,  yet  hurricdlr 
issued  from  the  scene.     A  certain  clergyman,  who,  since  tlii 
day  of  his  ordination,  was  never  kn.)wn  to  smile,  diverts  hiJ 
attention,  and   thereby  tries  to  smother  hi-  j... .,-!.♦.-   kJ 


.-  rv  dv'voi 
It  was  wel 
The  siligei 
hntko  dow 
—  (•rush — \ 
(lit  that  lui 
lilv.  of  aec( 
I     iM.rlhe 

IfVcllt.       At 

*  iiiii  into  ai 
I'hVvcd  the 
li.rii  groaiii 
"i"iit  that 
uproar,  join 
which  he  dii 
I  song. 

Hearing  t 

pT  was  j»ass 

i''"iii,  liringi 

ovcniiig,  he  I 

})o.«i('d,  his  ai 

was  .Alary  Tl 

Hiiviiig  1), 

olinL'-riii  and 

ni"l  evidently 

The  forms 

Kicli  silks  enf 

Jlicir  arms,  an 

Alary  was  dr 

ttfloriied  her  ji 

*^»w  that  she 

upon  herentra 

v'-rv  respect  I  u 


% 


A     r  A  [,  K  . 


I  Hie  t'Xtrc: 
K'  oilier^  (I! 

ll-lloli'S    of  lii 

lioii^i-Ii  a  liiv. 
rcation  -  nn 
•nils,  on   ,; 
licld  lorih  a; 


69 


ritiui-lookiii^ 
ii;i'iniaiiciiiji 
liaiisttMl,  ml 
(Iocs  of  thaij 
f  to  a  vomit, 
lUid  wliicli  h] 
'twi't'ii  IkiiIi.j 
LT  all  aroiiiiiil 
'  aide  t«i  do, 
Ad  IIoiisIodI 
t  stands  i!|' 
sides  of  hid 
»y  linen  niifjj 
tTi',  with  a 
a  nee,  stillt»!J 
clioke  him , 
Uiother  liiiil 
A  third  id 
loetor,  wliiij 
't  hnrriedij 
1),  sinee  tlic 
<li verts  hi.« 
Stjjiiier,  v;i 


..rv  il.voiitly  \v!ii>|„.rin^-  to  linnselfonc  of  Wesley's  Jiy.,,,,^ 

i:  was  u-,.||  for  the  party  t!mt  thu  son^  was  u  ;hurt*  on,' ' 

II..'  siajrer,  heloro  linishino:  the   second  verse,  fortnnat.ly 

hruke  down,  and  just  as  h,-  l„.o,,u  to  stinnl,le-ensli~<.rash 

|._.,r„sh_went   the  piano,  nnd -r  the  tread  of  a  proeoci,.us 

|r:.t  that  had  jnstjnnip..d  npon  it,  with  the  mtention,  prolm- 

.M  My,  oi  accompanying  the  sonirster. 

lM.r  the  surronndin;.  sufferers,  that  was  a  most  opp<,rtnne 
"VH.t.  At  the  nuisic  of  the  feline  jH-rfonner,  they  all  hnr^t, 
""'  "";  ;^''  i"nnoderate  (it  of  iuno-hter,  and  thus  happilv 
'■••l«ved  theuLselves  of  a  hm.l  under  which  thev  had  too  lon.V 
iH'ea  ^Toanin.tr.  'Ph..  siri^n-r  himself,  not  dreamin^r  fbr  a  m"- 
>'""f  that  1.0,  and  not  th.  cat,  was  the  rf^al  cause  of  the 

"';'.";' V« '  •»  the  .ncrriment,  an.l,  from  the  manner  in' 

wlach  he  did  it,  made  ample  amends  for  the  badness  of  his 

SUhfT. 

H.'arin-  the  tumult  subside,  and  concludin-  that  all  dan- 
P'rwas  pa,.se.I,  1),-.  M'J)ou-uld  here  re-entered  the  drawin-r. 
r  .o,n.  I.rin.trinjr  with  him  (m.c  whom,  in  the  excitement  of  tl?e 
m.^ln^^  he  had  wholly  for.n.ttcn,  an.l  whom,  as  nn.y  be  suiv 
V^^'^^  his  amiable  spouse  di.l  not  car.,  to  rena-uiber  This 
«as  Mary  Theresa. 

Havin^r  been  introduc.-.l  to  the  company,  much  to  the 
eI.a.L'nn  and  anuize  of  Mrs.  MDou-ald.  she  took  a  seat 
ai'd  evidently  surprised  them  all.  ' 

The  forms  of  some  ten  younjr  ladies  ^rra.'od  the  apartment 
bieh  S.Iks  enfolde,!  their  fi^nires,  rich  bracelets  «litt<Ted  on 
t  .ir  arms,  a.al  rhh  chains  flashed  brightly  from  their  necks 
A  ary  was  dressed  in  a  plain  gown.  No  gol.lcn  trink.-t 
adorned  her  iK>r.son,  yet  all  eyes  saw  that  she  was  fair-  all 
^^"H  that  she  was  graceful.  The  silence,  which  followed 
"I""' I'er  entrance,  was  in.mciiately  broken  bv  ti.edoctor  wla 


Very 


res|M>clfully  re,,uested  her  to  sing  a  song,  accompi 


nymg 


to 


W  !•;  1,  I,  I     w  i;  I,  [.  ! 


|!     'Jib  alii 

'    ■    W'rII.  ' 
.  ill  Ill's 
in'otJidiiSj 
•  vcr  siiw, 
At  III  is  , 
Hiini/fstcd  ii 
Ciii''iiis  iii()\ 

61    "I" I  (i(»V( 

■  U'h.it  ai 
b(«Jy,  wlii 

lifit  nioiicst 
IkI  iicrfornic 

•More  than 

Wnf    (Mll()<r 

";  that  Mai 
t<^'  ■'iuy  fiirtlic 
«'  n  tlic  room 

111   I  ,SOI)(r  n^rai 

f  f<'iir  not 

«    i  ^il||,'•  nnv 

^^  '  "  me,  Mi, 

^^    "  ">!  with  .s< 

^"(  at  nil/ 

■M,ss  Lo V(,'tt  ' 

'"  ■'•■•'li'I  ill  til 

''  ''oursc  of  tl 

■ill  ns  well  us 

^VllCII    tl,(,    Q 
'i'Tupt   Hoiit 


A     T  M.F. 


i.  ^rr)(»iiL!";ii 

the   {'\rs  ;i 

y  moved  lui- 

H  fairv-lil, 
!ill,  with  tl,. 
liidc  the  (i,. ; 

sIk'  llilli  III  . 

Her  lioi, . 
iKHT.  ^\ , . 
*vlio  spiini! 
:»rtiiio  uii.i, , 
Tor  her,  ||, 
cciiood  l)(^: 
lircfbro  muv:  '< 

t    long   H;^(i 

y  tliep  'iii;> 
liliiifT,  tliuM 
of  old  owr 

mid.  l<\\v 
'itii  j»iis<io!i 

inis(ak;il'Ii', 
l.ijttiirdijMV 
-ditfnl  l,„l- 
l>  was  fill!}' 
to  rciiimv 


vc 


JI  ::•..>  a!mo.t  as  .oon  as  I  have  .nvs.If     t,,„    , 

'■'"■-"••" ■'•aH„...,;,::::,;i',.''"''''''-^' -''-■■• ''.at 

»' ■'^'-.»lm>  evident  «„,,,,,;,„,,,;'■;;''''";  '-'tr 

»-";-:ir:;;:t;:x7;;:"i^ - -^ 

I "-  '"HI.,.,.  .o„„„e,„s  fro,    ; ; ;  """■""■"• '"  "'"■" 

<mll,eroom.  '^"""■'''  *''«'"">■  kIMcI 

-i;.  S::?" '"'""' "''''^'""•'■™"- not  ,,„.„ 

">"  "ic,  Miss  i^ovetfc  »     „.     , ,  •     ^"^'*'i'<'H  .'— 

'  '■"-  "f  H,e  eve     ,;         :'";"■«■"'";'•■«   ^--.  m 


1 


'""   "'^'  f Governor,  fhrn-ror,., 
''"'•pt  ^ejiieufo  iiioidioiinl  „I 


cavp  n'hrn 


-"t'    to    TfiHt 


"^v«',  the  spirit  of  Aimvl, 


mr 


n 


w  E  r.  I. !    w  K  I,  I, ! 


icii  Lovctt  vaiiislicd  for  that   iii-l:t,  and  wIlli   hor  vaiii 
spirit,  vanished,  too,  thf  spirit   of  the  j.aiiy.     Tiio  iiu:;,. 
ncrly  veto  which  the  old  i^^eiitleinaii  {ml  iipoii  her  siiiirinur.  j 
accomited  for  in  the  fact  thiit  ho  was,  at  that  time,  so  el  J 
vated  by  the  many  {rohh'ts  whidi  lie  had(|uaircd,  as  to  hm. 
very  small  memory  of  the  commonest  rides  of  propriety.    A| 
tfuihleti  chill  came  over  every  one  of  the  party.     The  niusi' 
was  hushed,  the  siiifi-in^r  was  silenced,  and  in  a  few  mimiteii 
th(?ro  was  every  reason  to  exclaim— 

♦'  Tl.ey  nro  (joiie,  tliey  nre  floJ,  they  nrc  parted  all ! 
Aljw!  the  formikeu  liall." 


CHAPTER   XIII. 

TROnil.K    BREWING. 

Mary  must  now  be  considered  as  havino;  been  ai)jioiiit..' 

notwithstandiiiir  ]\rrs.  AI'Doiif^ndtl's  opposition,  the  govcr 

of  Eimua.  The  little  pupil  had  already  ret-eived  Abin 
primary  instructions,  and  f,nven  her  all  reason  to  believe  iL : 
she  would  make  an  extraordinary  |)ianist.  Between  t.-arl.f 
and  sdmlar  there  soon  grew  up  a  mutual  atrection  wliici 
day  after  day,  became  more  warm.  Eimna  would  suoiief 
tak»>  a  promenade  with  her  governess  than  with  her  o«b 
mother.  Emma  would  sj»end  with  less  pleasure  an  JKir 
with  her  ntother  than  .she  would  with  Mary.  But  this,  altif 
all,  was  not  surprisitig.  Emiiui  was  a  gentle  child,  -m 
though  not  (|uite  teti  years  of  age,  was  of  a  remurkabiT 
thoughtful  turn.  She  was  also  highly  intellectual.  M1117 
no  .f.'w  getitle,  had  a  ror^-niai  di.s|jGnition,  And  a  lijiud  \m 


only  nnl 

ready  so 
had  ofte; 

Instance, 
•iftoii  suci 
»liin!iig  II 
lillll|l)ers 
\'^'nM   |)|| 

"Cjiroliiin 

such  instr 

iiiiil  his  h 

m«)tlier,  an 

I'V  Alary, 

The  love 

Af;iry,   wai 

docility  an 

iiltle  soul 

turt'8.    AiK 

and  bright, 

were   being! 

'''•■^f  abodes 

Alary  wa? 

gal<l  liad  fc 

lady  treated 

''»'i'  {tresence 

as  strong  as 

position  of  j> 

^'i  at  times,  j 

Raid's  good  V 

'lojx'  Wjw  uo  ni 

(Ircad.'d  soon 

w^iiieh  she  wius 


A     T  A  1,1! . 


il   lUitlU    iiuii 


73 


onlj  na(„n,IIy   ,^uirk,    hut    fully  (.ulfiv,!,.,!      V 

r.-u<iy  solver  of  ,nany  little  ,lilfln,lt.Vs  MV  '    '' 

;''^o.eM>utinvain,l,..„a.M'::^:^^^^^ 
'"^fana.  onjoyc.!  .uore  tlu.u  Knuna  a  look  into  n^L 
"I-"  such  ni^WUs  as  roveale.l  to  Iut  delJh  !l         .  ' 

MKli  i.istruclions      (Jn-I        I  '"'^'^  ''''^'^''^■^'  '■'•""» 

hy  Mary,  w.,.e  tl,„^s„.J;i:  ,t   7^'"' ''T"',' ' 

The  lore  of  Go,l  Ibr  ■„„         T  "^"  "'"■  '"■"'•'I- 

W'-'  "iKxlcs,  that  rf,c  „.i,.,,t  ,„  1  '     '  "  '""""  f"'-  "-> 

^-  .-,■„„,,  to,.,  cnphatiea,,;:  „   ;  '         :i:";,|:'  °"  '■' 
as  strontr  as  ovor      \l..r,,  •    i     ,  '^'  dislike  vva,H 

•  '^inu.     ilieopfHisitionwIuVlKslie 


wliit'li  sh 


oon  took  a 


i'-^'i 


«-'  was  aljlo,  since  her 


•••'il-   r<»iiu. 


Tiu"  lirst  Suiidi 


•"'kiH-ss,  to  think  of 


'V  oil 


g-Oillir    to 


"'■'**l 


74 


W  K  I,  I.  I     W  K    .  L  ! 


mass,  had  Rrrivod.  Of  courso,  she  mouM,  as  nsnal,  v\uUnv<>{ 
to  fulfil,  on  tliat  (lay,  one  of  the  ii  ast  biiuihi;;  prcccplH  .,t 
her  churdi.  With  this  intention  ^he  prepared  herself  Ci 
th..  {,uq)o«o.  Mr.?.  MThai^ndd.  wl  o  for  a  "  month  of  IS.ii,. 
days"  had  not  darkened  the  doo  •  of  a  ehureh,  kindly  in- 
fonned  the  ^roverness,  that  she  cou  d  not  be  pennitted,  'tli.a 
ih\y,  to  go  out,  inasnuich  as  herself  was  goin^r  to  nieetiii},'. 

"  IJow  can  that  interfere  with  no  ?"  asked  Mar}'. 

"  Why  not  T  Jinswered  the  mist -ess.  "  Kn.ma  is  not  jro- 
iiif,'  with  me,  and,  therefore,  you  n  ust  stop  to  take  eare^ci 
her."      ^  I 

Mary's  duty  as  governess  was  hus  put  pettisldv  hefon 
her  ;  Mary's  duty  as  Catholic,  wa,<  already  set  1)efore  .is  n. 
pointwlly.  Which  was  .she  to  do  '  The  thought  of  oL. , 
Hig  G(mI  before  men,  oceurre«l  to  her,  and  decided  her  - 
going.  "  Mrs.  M'Dougald,"  said  she,  "  I  must  attend  n., 
rhnrch  upon  Mindays  and  Holy  days,  and  I  will  not  be  p„t ' 
off  it  for  any  cause." 

The  mistn-ss,  .«cceing  more  than  ordinary  firmness  in  (I, 
Kpeaker,  came  down  a  little,  yet  i.ent  to  have,  if  j.ossiM. 
her  own  will  prevail,  and  perhaps  jaek  a  quarrel  with  Mmv 
liurried  out  to  the  doctor  to  inform  him  of  the  iuipertiueii.   | 
which  she  had  just  received.  f 

"  Impudence,"  said  he,  "  impudcuce  I     If  Mary  is  able  • 
display  u  thing  like  that,  her  conn  enancc  very  much  beli>  ^ 
lier      But  what's  the  matter,  Harriet  ?'» 

Mi-s.  M'DougaKl  n'jK'ated  the  charge. 

"Well,  Iliirriet,"  replied  the  dtxtor,  coolly,  "go  you  (o 
meeting,  let  Mary  go  to  mass,  and  myself  will  take  care  of 
Ermna." 

"  Allen  !"  said  the  enraged  hid,.,  "if  this  is  the  kind  of 
governess  that  yon  have  selected,  and  if  this  is  the  way  lliiil 
you  intend  to  trcut  mo,  our  hapi  iness,  and  all  are  over 


1x\  her  g( 

f 'id  our  la( 

Tims  liai 

hlnl^c  In  ji 

The  doci 

fowii  uj»on 

iiift'iided  to  I 

-Mary,  in  : 

iiid  thus,  it 

lit'  Mt'nt  : 

The  altar, 

Iii>  attcndiint 

fin'th  its  riel 

cnnvdcd  with 

Miiiiid  thee 

wiictli  into  ( 

til''  strains  of 

filmy  wurshij) 

*''liiii  those 

1  "lid's  liaj)pic 

«f  ifd  of  uiisfc 

f'"ii  standest 

''i''  old  altar, 

bla/itig  JK-fore 

tl.    native  land 

^i  •   lioruago  n( 

laiik'd   (irst  1 

"s'ng  up  an 

I'Pi'tly  Ijcfore  t 

ly  Jx'ad  to-day 

""  art  fully  rr 

'hich  here  croi 

""'gl't  that  th( 


prcccjilH  (if 
il  licrsclf  I'd 
oiifh  of  Sim- 
'h,  kiinlly  ill- 
niiittod,  tliiii 
o  iiicetUij,'. 
liary. 

rut  is  not  1:0- 
akc  care  01 

tislily  hefop' 
hcfore  us  ji- 
::lit  of  o\\v\ 
■i(!c(l  Iht  (i!i 
'  atteiul  iin 
not  }»-.  jiiit 

mess  in  tiif 

if  possiljlf, 

with  Marv, 

npertiui'iiic 

y  is  ahli'  f(i 
uucU  bi'liis 


po  yon  (0 
ike  earc  of 

lie  kind  of 

e  way  fliiil 

ure  over 


A    T  A  L  E  .  p  . 

tJ 

.ot  her  po  to  her  nmss  then    t'li  1,  1  .       . 

r, ^~^nn;;::;:,;::r^;;;;:,;;::"^ -. 

I  Tk.  doctor,  rtrkloss  of  ,l,e  con.s«,„,.„ce    <!„■,.„  |,|,„.  ,f 
|i>«ii  upon  a  s(]f,i,  and  font  ,„.  ••  ,'  """si'lf 

I 'i-oconsu,;:  ;,„;;;'  "™  """■'■  «■"'  "■'-■i' ".' 

Alary,  in  thr  mean  time,  went  forfli  «..  1 

f'Nili  lis  riVh  ,„„l  varied  U «    ,.„  ,   .  '"         "''"'"'« 

"^"■Hiiiilo  tiMMvorld-"  (1„.  „,"^""""'  "'O-  "lie  ll«,t 

f' -.rains  ofaj;;;'i,„:r  ;,,::';,:/'■'':'' ''■'•'•"'■ 

ri.ln.1  .1,0*  walls  a  power  and  a  '"  ""■"■  '" 

f  "H.r.s  l,ap„iest  fetivilie       K     ;,    '"™  ''"^""•■''  "'  "- 

«'i  »taiidest  in  a  «,,,„,«,■  land  yet        h  ""*■''' 

^'  "Id  altar,  beaeatl,  ^.J^X^^Z^"]"'  ' ' 

teiNK  before  tliec   f„ll_,|,.,i  „         ',  ''"''""""'  »-'■■'■»•,  i» 

^'■-■'^■ei„ndti,„„d  to  ':'::t"r'™'^^ 

I'.'-  l"'"iaKe  now     tl„,t  T      ""'"''•  '"  """•'i  T'-r 

»"""'  <i'  t  r^  '       ,:";'".""'.'•'""«  ^tniin,  ,v,,i,.,,   was 

-"« "P  "r,™,:*,  :e:^„  riir;,"' "  "r"""-'^  """■■ 

""'Iv  before  ,l,o. st  .„.,    1     !, """"^;  '"'  '''''■''  f- 

^ rtfn,,;;J   tr''''^;'"  • 

*i.li  here  "er. I  f  !!  ""     .^.''"  '"'•"""■"^•''  "f  "I-  former. 


i 


'f  that  thou  art  u  stra 


't^.   nnd  liaif  vxvhuU^  th 


m'V,  form  in  themsel 


ves  a  world 


70 


w  K  r.  I,  :    w  i 


of  li.i).j)ifi...>,s  uud   ivst,  of  whi.-li  tlum  lm.st  Iiitcly  ha  i 
sli.ire.     Tlie  hopcN  of  tlir  latter,  wlach,  in  a  pluce'lik.'  i;. 
of  liH'iMise   ait(i    psalmody,  nml    li^r|,{.s   und   flowers,  >■ 
•>rl;i:Iiter  than  anyvvhereel.se,  lead  thee  to  inmiortalitv  , 
^ive  to  i!,r  m,irit  more  than  Htren^^th  to  hear  with  th. 
brought  on  oy  a  cold  ii  d  callous  worhl.     lU  filled  with 
then,  as  the  loud   Ilosanmis  roll,  and  pray  thatthoM. «, 
would  distress  thee,  may  one  day  share  a  si  iiilar  j..v  ; 
bein.i,'  brou^dit  to  the  way  of  thy  thinkinir.     Thus  jK)ur 
sinless  prayer,  and  a  blessing  will  yet  come  down  upon 
ilweliing  of  thine  enemy. 


CIIAITHR  Xiy. 

A    MYSPKRY    AN'I)    A    MISHAP. 

One  night  ahout  eleven  o'clock,  Mrs.  M'DonguM 
j.ened  l>y  some  chance  or  mioilier  to  pass  hy  Mary's  rm 
door,  and,  seeing  a  ray  of  light  issuing  through  the  k.'v-l 
8to«^pc.l  down  to  see  whether  .lie  could  (lis<-over  wluii 
k'^TJiSi?  her  up  at  s)  late  an  hour.     Mary  w.is  sittin?! 
Bhk  ft  table,  and  af (parent ly  writing  a  letter.     The  iiKjii 
tive  suistress  was  determined  to  be  on  the  watch.    » 
morning,  she  was  on  the  alert  to  secure  a  look  at 
epistle.     Fearing  that  she  might  miss  it,  she  told  Jm 
that,  if  Mary  should  give  him  a  letter  to  be  deposited  im 
post-office,  he  should  first  show  it  to  the  mistress.    No 
ter  was  given  to  Jemmy.     That  day  Bell  did  not  go  oiitj 
the  house.     Mary  kep^  her  place  as  clo.sely  as  Bell.    Ti 
strange— Mrs.    M'I)ong,Jd  coidd    not  imagine  what 
become  of  iiie  letter.     .Next  night  at  the  same  hour 


V  'nii('(l  III 
ntii=  a\ 
'f  senr    ( 

HfclH'S  W( 

niffli  repr 
In  tliiit  etei 
liK'li  despat 

lilt    t(Mlk  fH 

ironlrd.  : 
'trisioii,  Mr 

•'itiriiged- 

P|h'cies  of  p( 

lined  to  nu 

i'lle  into  th 

!i"i('  hour,  t 

t  .Mary  loii 

i''it  upon  s 

rely  from  i 

'flw'iiniansliij 

ftlil's  jtrospet 

"I'iii,  whose 

i'<'iiig  ln'r,  bn 

iJaile  the  lady 

iiiaii  before," 

'••iiiiian  woulc 

'"iiveiiient.     '| 

''"'■•'< I  that  M 

■'K'il.  1111(1  tha 

i«-^k  best  kno 

■'""■     Tlie  pof; 

J>'Jt  siie  Won 

l"b'  «'ariied  of 

="  iJiicoinnioiiJ 


A    T  A  f.  I-: 


77 


t   lately  liai 
I  plaee  liki'  i 
1   llowcrs,  > 
iiiiiiorfjility.  , 
cur  with  tlif 
;  lillfd  with 
timt  tlio^c  (I  I 
siiiiilHr  i<" 

Thus    |)()i;i 

down  \\\>u 


'  Mury'a  ! 

ii  the  k('\  ' 
over  what  4 
MIH  sittiiiifi 
The  iiiijoij 
watch.    >Vj 
a  look  at 
}  told  Jciuij 
ppositcd 
rcss.     No 
not  ^-o  on! 
Bell.     "N 
ne  what 
line  hour,: 


'«  '  I-  ^<T,.  k..,„  r«r  s,.n.,.„l  ni.H„«  .„„..,.«iv,.|y  ',„„ 
;a   1.  n'por,,.,!  Af"ry  Mill  I,.,.,,,,,,.  ..v.t  l„.r  .  M,  , 

■     -  "h".|..sh  ,«'.mn,.o.     AVi<l,  , his ,,„,vil,i,„,  ,,„',," 
'    "'. '"  '""'"'  »"'•  "'"i-e  triul,  „,„!  I„„k  us  „„„,,  , 

-'■•  ;"o  ,e  ,„„„„.  „r  ,i„. ,.,.,      .V.,.,,,.,  „•;: 

J- W.  ,„k„,.  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  ,,,^,  ;^ 

"  M^rv  :„„,.  „„.l  ,v,.|l,     Sh.  ,„„  tl,.  .;,.,.„,in,|  'it 

•  '""»  »  K''>-l    le,  apjH'Hi'ed  iiothiri...  ,.|se  th... r 

,    "lUMMi!,,   What  was  most  unfavorahle  to  Mrs  \f'n 
P'M^  ."-ospeets  of  a  c-Iear  di.<eoverv   was  tin     thJ  '" 

-'-,  whose   toil  she   was  so   a,^i.rtr^^ 

r<'«iiiu' her  Imt  fhp  v.n.        .        ""-^"X's  to  know,   was  no* 

H'«»  before/'  was  th-U  U.  !      ,  "'^""'''  ""'  "  '"•'>''^"' 

"■"•"<l  that  Ma  V  t         ,       T''  ''"'■"^"'•'-''  ^"-^  ^""^'''^>" 

K"ou„  to  the  votanes  of  nnu.nnerv  and  snnersti 
'•  -  poor  .vonnu.  fH,  he 

'^"f^l'evvould  have  other  p-atilieation      Tl,     l 
"ly  warned  of  th.  .1 .^         ^""-      ^''^  '''^''fo''  ^^n.s 


of  the  (huiuer  that   I 


^"^eurnraonl^r  Jate  hours  which  ih. 


"ni;r  over  hi.s  house  fp, 


•on 


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W  K  I,  [,  !     W  K  1,  I,  ! 


habit  of  ktrpin-      It  was,  sli.-  si.i.l,  tni  .•haiicrs  t<.  one  that 
the  whole  family  wouM,  upon  s.»ine  iii-ht  not  far  distant,  i.. 
hunied  uj.,   body  and   bones.     Xothin^r  ^is,..  co,,],!  be  Vx- 
])eet«-d,    when   the  doetor  was   u-uUl  enou-h  to  allow  his 
candles  to  be  destroyed  ni-lit  alter  ni-ht  for  the  pnrpose  of 
giving  a  superstitions  girl  from  Ireland  an  opportnnity  ..f 
liohling  her  papistical  orgies.     Tlie  eI«H,nence  with  wlii.h 
.Airs.  M'Dongald  manifested  her  sentiments  with  regard  in 
the  unfortunate  Mary  i.i  particidar,  was  only  equalled  by  th. 
hatred  which  she  entertained  for  Catholics  in  general.'    Jt 
would  be  imi)ossil)le  for  the  writer  to  give  a  synopsis  of  h.r 
glorious  dissertation,  so  he  quietly  omits  it  for  want  of  tiinc 
and  talent.     There  is  one  idea,  however,  which  must  not  -o 
nuehronieled.     Mrs.  M'Dougal.l  dwelt  with  parlieular  (i,i- 
phasis  on  the  fact  that  the  health  of  little  PJnnna,  who  sl.j.t 
in  the  same  room  with  the  governess,  would,  in  consecjumre 
of  those  late  hours,  be  in  a  short  time  irreparably  Impair,  il. 
This  was  a  flourish  which  she  knowingly  reserved,  not  onlv 
for  a  linishing  stroke  to  her  speeeli,  but  also  for  an  ar-u- 
inent   which,  she  thought,  must  indubitably  enlist  iu  li.r 
favor  the  sympathies  of  the  child's  father.     There  is  no 
doubt  that,  were  it  not  for  one  thing,  the  ai)peal  would  he 
irresistible.     But  unfortunately  there  is  alwavs  coming  in 
betwx-eu  us  and   the  realization  of  our  hopes,   some  "evil 
genius,  whose  real  element  seems  to  be  the  blasting  of  our 
brightest  expectations.     ]\[rs.  M'Dougald  overshot  the  mark, 
In  her  hopes  of  annihilating  Mary  iu  the  doctor's  estima- 
tion, she  drew  from  imagination  such  a  tedious  array  of  evi- 
dence, that  the  appeal  in  favor  of  Emma  was  made  just  t..o 
late  for  the  orator's  purpose.     The  doctor  was  in  divaiii- 
land. 

IJut,  bad  as  Mrs.  :M'Dougald  is,  who  would  wish  thai  ^Le 
should  be  the  only  one  destined  to  trouble  ?    Her  can  ksi 


husband 

tiling  to 

it.    JJis 

tliufiderl 

fortuhle 

frald,  wlj 

when  she 

as  she  mi 

Tilt'  pliy*- 

i^i'lf,  utidei 

tlie  fate  c 

What  hui 

•'•jwuse  wii 

should  jioi 

already,  w 

doctor's  he 

'''iiliiruijce. 

^or  the  call 

tiaatioii  wh 

"  What  1 

old  saail  do 

— -^'ilciice  sti 

Tile  night 

the  doetor,  ^ 

'hirkuess  woi 

•h'tniliy,  who 

""'J  hJiiidnes 
his  way  to  tL 

"Jeiniuy  !' 
}"»  h<,'cn  al)oi 

'*oor  Jemu 

"^''1"'',"  replie. 

^'"«  outenei 


T  A  I,  K  . 


to  one  tli.it 
•  distant,  i.f 
Jiild  he  v\- 
0  allow  his 
|)iiri)ose  of 
ortuuitv  <if 
kvitli  wliiiji 
regard  td 
ilh'd  Itv  till 
LMioral.     Jt 
psis  of  li(  r 
Hit  of  time 
lUst  not  <io 
icular  (in- 
who  slcjt 
)nsequ(iiie 
imi)airnj. 
1,  not  only 
'  ail  ar<iii- 
ist  ill  jicr 
ere  is  no 
would  l)f 
,'oniiii<i-  ill 
50ine  evil 
:ig  of  our 
the  mark. 
s  estiiiia- 
ay  of  evi- 

?  just  t(MI 

:i  di'citiii- 

tliat  >\.e 
'  caroksi 


Ti) 


I'lisband  deserved  for  Jik  i  .,ti     4- 

"-.'.' ...  .™r  K.  i  :  "r: ;:  '""""■■  """■'^'^  ™"»- 

as  she  might  he.     For  th;     \  ,  "^'  *^i"^"'^« 

•'■'■'•  .'".v-i^-u  htd  .^I  ;,  Z7:  "'\ ""'  ""'^ — 

""■  fate  of  a  «.««  „  ^■^'  ^  f  f" '  ™'^""  "«t  it  «a,, 

^>ivtriug  so  necessary  a  leetm-P  ?     ir    i 
^  0"ll  i,ot  have  it  all  tl,  .ir  owi/wtv      I  '"""'' 

"'■•'■a.ly,  will,  lautern  i,.  la„cn,u,.H   i'    f"""^'  "''"  '""' 

<■"'  <lie  call  wa.  cue  o7  «  e     .1        ^  """  ""'«"'"»"■ ; 

oM  snail  doiiiff  ?    Je,,,„,,.  „    ,  '""""^ '"  '"«*.  "  w  this 

-*"c.e  still'   Out  wl  i,,7r :'""■"-" ^ '^"^' ■'"'"">•  •'" 

Tl-  "i^'bt  or  rat  er  nn  "'  '"  ''"'"  ""  ^"'  ?~"'". 

"'-'".■tor,  Z^^'Z'"?'  "•"■:«-™^'J'"«lyJarfc  ;  aa,l 

'"■^'  w"y  to  the  kitchen.  "         '  measuring  buck 

";'"""»y!"  roared  his  master  "wh.f  J    .1 
•"'"  '"'*■"  a'>out  all  this  time  ^"  '"  ^'"  ™^*^  ''«^-« 

^•Mr,  aadlmgoiu'in  toreddin 


80 


W  K  L  I,  !     W  K  1,  I.  ! 


it."  The  (k'lay,  however,  \v:is  no  huh  oj"  J,  tniuy,  huf  <,i 
many  thin^^s  combined.  The  trutli  is,  that  the  ^<n--n:inu^ 
hostler  was  away  up  i-.  the  farthest  eonier  of  the  sral,;(^ 
when  the  lanteru  went  out ;  and  then,  what  with  a  sleidi 
here,  a  wagon  there,  and  a  carriage  otherwhere,  he  had,  in 
the  process  of  getting  back  to  the  yard,  as  much  task  as  lie 
had  time. 

About  daylight  the  doctor  returned.    In  the  eyes  of  the 
blindest  observer,  he  was,  when  he  returned,  as  fit  a  subject 
for  sleep  as  any  one  imaginable.     In  the  eyes  of  his  jvirtuei , 
he  did  not— wonderful  to  tell  !~appear  to  l>e  any  siieli 
thing.     She  was,  therefore,  on  the  point  of  resuming  her 
lecture,  when  she  was  informed  rather  peevishly  by  the  man 
of  medicine,  that  a  sleep  was  much  better  adaptetl  to  the 
oc;casioi.,  and  mum  was  '' ihe  chetse."     Suiting  the  action  to 
the  word,  he  was  once  more  in  the  arms  of  Morpheus. 
^^  Let  him,  then,  sleep  oa  ;  yet  let  him  not  dream  that  (he 
"  coup  d'etat "  just  made,  in  silencing  his  companion,  is  goiii- 
to  rid  him  of  the  rod  which  has  been  in  pickle  for  him  loix^ 
The  waters  of  the  dam,  which  fain  would  onward  flow,  cim 
be  restrained  by  barriei-s  only  for  a  season.     They  will  hurst 
at  the  last  the  very  topmost  bomuls,  while  those  littlo  obsta- 
cles,  just  put  to  their  course,  will,  instead  of  keeping  them 
back,  give  them  a  power  and  impetuoi*       ompared  to  whicli, 
their  original  force  and  flow  were  but  ..  .  sweeping  and  mh 
of  a  rivulet.    Though  woman's  rights  hav,  not  yet'seen  th.'ir 
day,  still  woman's  rights  shall,  even  in  M'Dougald's  time 
have  their  frolic  of  an  hour.     Though  woman's  rights  have 
not  yet  the  force  of  law,  still  woman's  rights  shall,  eveti  ic 
his  hearing,  be  bravely  and  passionately  proclaimed. 


IT  AVI. V 

iiiu'  to  J\ 

-Miirv  hae 
evi'iiiiio^   i 

»'•'!  iained  i 

ii'T  imeea; 

v-;is  uiiabli 

<ast.     ]\rrf 

""^iial  conn 

-Mary  ^'as 

>lie  very  c 

"listress  to 

finie  tlie  pe 

'H'fure  Mai 

Tiie  present 

'j*-'  passed 

afl'orded.     j 

ficted,  in  Mi 

I"'i"ft'(!t  mut( 

''^T  k'lowled 

pompously  g 

"I 

'T'''^'  was  said 
t'ie  fact  of  hei 
at  or.oe  unde 


uy,  Itiif  (,('    t 

sloVZ-n'oiim- 

lie  stahic, 
1  a  &k'\i>-\\ 
l»e  liad,  in 
task  as  he 

yes  of  the 
i  a  subject 
^  partner, 
any  such 
ming  lier 
f  the  man 
id  to  the 
action  to 

[iUS. 

that  (he 
I,  is  goin.i,^ 
lim  h)iiir. 
flow,  ciin 
vill  hurst 
Jo  ohs ta- 
ng them 
to  which, 
uikI  siii'h 
een  their 
Va  tmv, 
hts  liave 
even  iu 


A    TALE. 


81 


CHAPTER  XV. 

A    DI3Ct;SSI0.V. 

-uib.  lUiniugaid,  of  course,  did  not  f-jM  fn  .        ■ 

"^'lai  comments  upon  such  onh.,  ,  ^'''''  ''*'^' 

Af  =>  "|Hm  '^I'c/i  oiitraireons  condiicf       a^  r 

-'-  -7  o,,«,,u„oly  open c'l  o„t\     o™' ^     r';"'",""' 

"^'7  '»  "'^'I'e  «o,„r  appropriate  r,  "ark       Vo    o    ,'■'' 
fii'ie  the  peevish  Iiflv  w'>^  1     li  "-"'ii'^s-     Lp  to  tins 

''rf«.e  Mary  h  d  L  ;  "'  7     '.""^'  "''■'  "'"■"^•'^  » '■""■-■'I 
JMaiy,  naa  not  the  temerity  to  censnre  li,.-  „      i 

iJcted  In  \foi.,rJ„  ""e""J>    "no   til    now 

^t  n,  m  Marys  presence,  not  tlirou-h  feir  hut  .1.  •  • 

-.-.S^v^rtri-^LS;;^-^'^'^ 

"Earlytobod,  andearlvtome 
Makes  ,  man  lioaltl.y.VeaM,;,  „„d  wise." 

"^  ^""  <^^  ^'^e  s|)eaker,     Tiie  doctor 

4* 


J 


82 


W  E  I,  L  1     W  E  L  L  1 


ol),scrvin,^r  still  more  clearly  the  drift  of  his  wife,  (letoriiiiii,.! 
upon  i»luiitiii<r  the  point  of  the  sarcasm,  by  iirjetiii;,^  it  thus: 
"  lint,  Mrs.  M'I)ouj.-aI(l,  your  couplet  is  applicable  only  i.j 
vien;  it  says  that  so  and  so  make  a  man  healthy,  wealtliy, 
and  wise  ;  it  says  nothin<^  at  all  about  womenP 
"  It  applies  to  both,  if  I  am  not  mistaken." 
"  Not  at  all.  There  is  another  couplet  which  applies  to 
persons  of  your  owu  sex.  If  you  forget  it,  I  will  assist  your 
ineniorv. 

"  This  early  to  bed,  and  this  early  to  rise, 
Will  soon  dim  the  lustre  in  woman's  bright  eyes." 

This  verse  was  a  geiniine  impromptu  on  the  part  of  the 
doctor.  It  will  not  be  forgotten  that  M'Dongald  was  i)0('t, 
as  well  as  physician. 

Mrs.  M'Dongald  said  nothing,  but  thought  the  more. 
She  half  believed  that  the  new  couplet  was  the  doctor's  own ; 
but  fearing  that  in  attributing  it  to  him,  she  might  happen 
to  betray  an  ignorance  which  would  not  be  to  her  credit, 
she  wisely  a])stained  from  raising  a  question.  She  was  any- 
thing but  satisfied  with  the  result  of  the  conversation,  and, 
as  a  matter  of  course,  she  was  ever  so  anxious  to  have' some 
little  revenge.  Fortunately,  there  immediately  came  up 
another  subject,  that  afforded  her  an  opportunity  of  carpinir. 

Mary,  who  had  just  been  helped  to  some  roast-beef,  begued 
leave  to  be  excused,  saying  that  she  made  no  use  of  «es!i 
meat  upon  Fridays.  Mrs.  M'Dongald,  having  been  manv 
times  disappointed  in  her  hopes  of  criminating  Mary,  was 
now  fairly  out  of  patience  ;  and,  in  the  intense  hatred  whicli 
she  had  for  the  poor  unoffending  girl,  forgetting  herself  com- 
pletely, abruptly  broke  out : 

"  What  nonsense  !"  This  was  the  first  time  that  slie 
openly  attacked  the  governess.     Mary  remained  silent. 


"  Voi 
IS  )i/)  poi 

"I    SI 

the  iiiiuii 

"  \y\n 

iiKjuired 
Here 
resolved 
Imiiior,  b 
iipuii  wiia 
nation  foi 
jia-isdicti( 
"lam 
1  sea 
siic'li  thinj 
fating  it, 
Mary  enjo 
]jiiw  no  rea 
any  reason 
it,  you  hai 
eating  it,  1. 
"  i-'«s,  yi 
liberty  for , 
"People 
always  a<T 
you  have  ju 
iill  such  qut 
tinont." 

This  was 
diately  respc 
ask  about  i 
"itTcIy  silly, 
many  garble 


A    T  A  r,  K  . 


S3 


.etorniiii.',! 
.^^  it  thus: 
lie  only  to 
,  weak  1 IV, 


applies  to 
LSriist  voiir 


23." 

rt  of  the 
was  poet, 

;he  more, 
or's  own ; 
it  happen 
cr  c'lvdit, 
was  any- 
tion,  and, 
lave  sonic 
came  up 
r  carpiiifT. 
if,  bo<r<i'e(l 
3  of  flesli 
een  manv 
[ary,  was 
'ed  which 
self  eoni- 

that  slie 
ent. 


"Vou„oed„otbc„rn,,l,..co„tim,o,ltl,c!u,Iv;..,h„n. 
I         i.-i 'M  ()"isw«  in  tlie  meat." 

I  "I  siijipose  not,"  suiil   the  oilier   dcenlv  n,o,.,;i-   i    i 

tliemaniicT  of  hor  bigoted  iii,„.e„      '        '  ■  '"'"'    ''>■ 

•    " ."'''"' '•«'^''°'  "«".  '"'  «  you  for  i-efu.iii,.  to  be  lieliied  ? " 
""IMired  Mrs.  M'Dougald,  .uii/ideiitly  '      ' 

ll™  the  doctor,  seeiii;    liut  his  better  l,.,lf  ,       .■  „ 
resolred  npoi.   l.ivii,..  a  iLWil    i,„  ,  "  '""^ 

"i«-vliatgro„„dvou   ;  M      '  "''"■"^  "'"^^•^■^'-'" 

1 'alio,,  for  tud.    0,  duet  o     "  7  '"  ='''-■  ^^  ""  -1''"" 

jiiasdiction."  '  "'  '"'^  '"  "^  "'">%  "-t-^iJ..-  your 

"'I  s'l!"'f  ^f  "L",f  '•'   '"'""''"•"  '"""'^''"J  the  lady 
X  .earcely  think,"  ret,  nied  the  doetor  "  that  i 

./«  no  reason  why  you  e.  T-  ,  „  ,  ,  '  ^^"'■J' '^''^^ 
-y  -.0,1  why  s"does  ,t  a't  t  K  t',  """  "^^  '"' 
it,  you  have  any  cause  to  ^^isa.  ee\vi  h  L      ^%""'  *"""*>' 

''  rVnMin  "        ..       /   ""     ^  liberty  for  mux  is  auother  " 
1  cople,"  coutmued  the  doctor   "  du.nii       j 
always  a-^reeable  •    hnf  .      n       ',  "^  endeavor  to  bo 

-,^^e;,st*;r,:i,:Lrir:;;rb^™^r 
;;!:;::;  """""-^  -  -'""■"/  -'  --y  unfair,  :„;•:;:: 

»»^  about'  a  'it  j:„ : r  irr trrr  *: 

■  "      ''-'^  '•'^'^  "^  ^'"•'  ""»gl"  »-0"W  apply  ag.ai,.st  the 


H4 


^'  i:  I'  f.  !    ^\■  K  r.  i. 


I'!:,  tl'at  us  „||  ,|,„,„,  „,.,-o  ,|,„  „ir,..  „,„,  ,,,,,„„.„^  „, 
t..«l,  so  any  one  who  ..orusoU  to  nmkc  nse  of  then,  „a.s  ,„>, 
o.ly  no  U,n.st,un,  bnt  was  even  woi«  than  a  liealhcn 

Ihe  d.„.,o,.  hnn,e,h-utoly  suhi :  "P„is„„  ,,,  „,  ,„  ,„^..  ,„. 
atod  a  «h,l«  ...so,  a  creature  of  Ciod.  Kow,  Harriot  ■„■. 
""■'1;..«  to  y„nr  logic,  all  who  reluse  to  oa  ,,oi»o„  a  „ 
licalhcns  niiil  puUicans."  ' 

Airs.  M'Dou-ald  could  not  see  through  this 
"The  rorbid,len  fruit,"  continued  the  doctor,  "was  al.o  ■. 
civature  of  God.     I  should  like  to  know,    larriet    h"; 
Adan,  and  Eve  ,nade  such  a„es  of  then.sdves  .;  e„ 
that  goodly  creature  f"  " 

The  fair  di«i,utant,  ever  averse  to  logic,  neither  adn,i(t,,i 
.or  de.,ed,  nor  distinguished  the  proposition  ;  ,,„t  lea     ' 
a  n,  slalu^,  launched  out  into  all  her  elo,„ence  by  de 
"ounnng,  r.ght  and  left,  popish  bishop.,,  p„pis ,  ,,riests  a   1 
m-     people.     Such  a  practice,  she  saii,  was  L.tra;; 
bu.pture,  to  reason,  and  to  eonnnoo  sense  ;  it  was  a  rice 
of  tyranny  on  the  part  of  wicked  Kon.an  priests,  X 
first  to  last,  wanted  to  keep  the  people  in  bondage  ,  it  w 
observed  by  none  e.vcept  a  handful  of  poor,  illiterate  Person 
who  came  here  frou,  Ireland,  and  it  ought  to  be  abolisl„,i 
b     hose  who  were  enlightened  enough  to  see  the  folly  and 
phrensy  of  so  gross  a  superstition. 

"Not  so  fast,   Harriet  I    not   so  fast  I"  calndy   crio.l 
JI  Dougald.     '■  K„  believe  that  it  is  contrary  to  the  S.rl 
ures,  and  all  that,  but  C„M.&  believe  tl/ve,;   o  .f  , 
-lou   bcheve   that  it   is  a   tyrannical   imposition    o       c 
pnests,   but   Catholics   believe   the   very  contrary      Y 
nnag,ne  that  it  ought  to  be  abo,ishcd,\ut  Catholics  in 
agnie  the  very  contrary.     You  say  that  it  is  observed  by 
no  more  than  a  few  illiterate  people   from  Ireland    b,,' 


Cafholi 
vijiir  ai 

not  !i  W 

nf  their 

aiifliorit 

Mie  (ij)in 

tliority  i 

Ciiiistiai 

tile  ijiiijc 

fiiindfiil 

^^■iiiit  ))JI 

port  ion  c 

i Harriet,  i 

^vlieii  you 

'jt'lorifr.s  tc 

"  Yon  i 

nhont  it,  t 

"Tliati 

"WeJJ," 

to  tile  oriif 

''riling  her  : 

mii'onn  hei 

"  Oiiarit} 

'd  multitude 

"»f^.  Harriei 

Here  endi 


Ti'atun's  01 
?ni,  wa.s  iio( 
•atiiwi. 
you  insiiiii' 
Elarrii't,  iic- 
j)oisou  are 


was  also  a 

n-iet,  liow 

^)y  Qathiir 

adriiKtcd. 
«t  leaving,'' 
iice  by  de- 
fiests,  and 
Mitrary  lo 
is  a  piece 
^lio,  frojii 


^    TA  I.  f: 


85 


3 ;  It  wiis 
'i  persons, 
iiboli^licd 
folly  and 

ily  enVd 
be  Scr;])- 
•ontrary. 
of  llie 
You 
)Iics  ini- 
rved  liy 
lid,  but 


Catliolics  assort  that  tho  cis^,.  k-  h 

-^-'i'it  better  than  any  «;;;^;^^^^^^^^^^^ 

"•'^''ority  of  the  san.e  cla.i    " l    '   ''    ''  "'^  '"  '"'  '"' 
•'-'Pinion  of  the  mnjority-^iZ^T'"  '''''^''''^'- 

/"•'•^t.an  world,  be  it  known  to  vou  is*  c      7"'!  '' '" 
tiie  uin  ority  of  the  Ciiri.flo,  , .       ^'*^''^*''^'  J  tlK'n-fore 

' ""I  Of  iHs,,„,:.  if;  •':;:';;■"' "-'  -  >■-"  -r.  ^ 

"'wit  It,  that  yon  on-ht  to  h  'l'     ^"  ^'"''>«' so  maeh 

•;/V'.ll/'ret„,..,eOt...A;D        ,;";^.'■T'>•■ 
«.'"«  Original  one,  and  I  ,,.y,  j;!  ,;  ,,';;-  ^  ™'"»  '""^^ 
''""?  Iier  fanatical  notion,  to  thLul      ,        "  """*  ""' 

'■^  '•'"■'■'.  by  and  b^,..  '""""■■  ""^  '^o'"  ""  know  wli 

"ore  ended  the  disputation. 


86 


WEI. 


W  K  I.  I.  ! 


ClIArTKIl  XVI. 


AN    UXEXPRCrEO    DISCOVERY. 


The  opposition  of  Mrs.  M'Dou^-ald,  it  need  scarcely  1)C 
siiid,  made  Mary's  existeiice  niiserublc.  In  \iA<A\',  it  was 
((iiiti.*  enough  to  sadden  a  heart  that  had  no  other  trouble  ; 
in  the  present  instance,  it  pive  double,  treble  pain. 

Sij^hing  under  the  weig;ht  of  many  trials,  Mary,  ou  the 
afternoon  of  the  foUowinjj?  day,  resolved  to  l)0\v  down  before 
that  place  of  consolation  which  is  the  only  place  on  earth 
that  can  give  the  bruised  heart  soothing.  She  prepared 
herself  for  confession,  and  bent  her  way  to  the  church.  Her 
mind  was  so  al)sorbed  by  the  action  which  she  was  about 
to  perform,  that  on  going  out  from  her  room,  she  forgot 
to  lock  her  door,  as  she  was  usually  in  the  habit  of  doing. 

Mrs.  M'Dougald,  whose  curiosity  in  regard  to  that  n\\>i- 
terious  work  in  which  she  knew  Mary  to  be  still  engaged, 
was  not  yet  satisfied,  did  not,  on  finding  the  room  open,  lu<c 
the  opportunity  which  that  circumstance  aflbrded,  vi/. : 
of  making  a  thorough  inspection  of  the  whole  apartmeii!. 
Two  or  three  objects,  which  immediately  met  her  eye  as  she 
entered,  were  such  as  to  lift  her  to  the  highest  pinnacle  of 
passion.  Not  carhig,  however,  to  vent  her  disi)leasure  in 
the  hearing  of  mere  bare  walls,  she  in  great  agitation  called 
out  to  Bell  to  come  up  stairs  immediately. 

"  Only  look  at  what  we  have  liere.  Bell  1"  ejaculated  tlie 
horrified  lady,  pointing,  m  a  general  way,  at  the  "  tout 
ensemble"  of  the  place.  "  This  creature,  I  verily  believe, 
is  a  nun,  and  she  has  turned  our  room  into  a  regular  nuiss- 
house.  Look  at  this  thing  1"  Here  she  seized  upon  u 
silver  image  of  the  Crucified,  which  lay  upon  a  table. 


"Wh 

"  'Tis 

is"  rej)!; 

"And 

linked  Ijf 

"  Of  c 

rcjuined  I 

"  Siirel 

"  Ves, 

ijotliing  t( 

the  moon 

them  so." 

"  But," 

t')  me  abo 

'■lit  llOW  01 

Mrs.  M 

the  questic 

ViLse  which 

^vith  a  dial 

tliat  she  ci 

if !"  and  sc 

the  window 

"Ah  I  p 

"Poor  .A 

cruellv  :  "  J 

to  be.     Ho 

tlie  lady,  w 

"JJon  a  little 

"  What's 


The? 


se. 


on  winch  slit 
"  Ciiimts  '( 
emphatic. 


Willi t's  that?' 


A     TALE 

iiKjiiircd  the  m 


87 


[ii( 


,,.-k,',nw;.'""  ""^■'  '""'■  """'"'-•  -''^  •^^•"-•e  tl,„t  •..  ?- 

"Of  c'ourf^e  .she  dof's   -irKi   ..ii  t>     •  .     , 
"S"n-Iyuot,"sij.H,i.,lJ!,.n,  «o,„l,.ri„'™- 

tf'e  moon  is  made  of  o  '.  "     ^'^'  ''''"''^  '^^'^'■^'^■^'  ^''^^^ 

then,  so."  ^'"'"  '■'^^'^''^^'  "■  ^^-'  P'''--t  only  told 

"  ^"V'  oJ^^erved  Boll,  very  serionslv,  "  Mary  often  t  IL 
to  nie  about  God,  and  eulhs  Hin,  a  S,  ;,.•         ,  ""' 

'"^  ''«>v-  on  airth  eouhl  she  talk    o   .f  ^     V"^ " ''"''   ''^*"' 

Mr.   \r'T^         , ,   .  ''*^'  "  *^''^'  ')t'lioved  t'other  '''' 

-Mi^.  MDouM-ald,  Ie«.s  logieal  than  even  her  ninid        " 

t''^'  question  a  "transeut,"  l,y  l,yU,r  UokU    1  li       '  T"" 

vase  whieh  hung  over  the  head  of  H.o  V    ,        .        '  ''""* 

"it!  c?'.:;; '', """""'  "■"•  ■"" — '-*.- 

-lu'Ji  .Ucii},  eh  .-'— how  noor  she  is'"  «.,;,!  fi       .i 


88 


WF.  I.I.  '.     WEI- 1' 


"  Yos  "  saitl  thf  inistrfss.  , 

-Lor'l.lrss  .no,"  exdui.no.l  IJrll,  cyeinjr  tho  rosury  w;th 
all  nossil.!c  curiosity  ;  "  tho.n's  the  thin«.  that  k.q.s  Iht  so 
\Jr  prayiu'.  countiii'  of  'em.  By  f,n..;.^er  !  l.ut  .1  .l<.esn  t 
tak"e  long  to  connt  mj  prayers,  nor  p'r.ps  F";^^  ""«;;'.'•>' 
body's  else  that  whistles  'em,  as  I  do.  Well,  what  a  .Uler- 
,„(«  !-our  eonutry  folks  whistles  their  prayers,  and  Mary  s 

folks  eount.s  'em."  .    i      r    , 

-  And  see  here,"  eried  Mrs.  M'Dou-ald.  not  heed...tr 
Ball's  observations  ;  "  here's  something  else  ;  let  me  sv.> 
what  it  is.  Oh,  yes  !  '  Saint  Patriek.  Apostle  of  Irela.wl  . 
l»a.hly  was  a  elever  fellow,  truly-see,  he  has  his  toot  upon 
a  snake,  and  the  snake  is  belly  up,  eml)lcmatie,  no  doubt,  of 
Pat's  triumph  over  all  nnmner  of  rei>tiles  !" 

"  What  does  that  'ar  mean  ?"  inquired  Bell. 

"  The  Papists  believe  that  Holy  Patrick  killed  every  snak. 
and  toad  in  Ireland,  by  a  dash  of  holy  water-pity  he  wasn't 

here  1" 

"  Is  that  a  fact  ?"  asked  the  maiden. 

"  It  is  "  quietly  assumed  the  mistress. 

"  But'  my  patience  I"  exclaimed  the  woman  of  the  house, 
"  what  is  going  to  become  of  us  ?  Here,  wherever  we  tnni 
our  eyas,  are  lloman  crosses,  Roman  water,  Roman  beads, 
Roman  pictures,  and  every  Roman  humbug  imagnuiblo. 
My  patience,  oh,  my  patience  1" 

Now,  gentle  reader,  there  was  no  virtue  of  this  delecta- 
ble ladv  so  often  summoned  to  her  assistance  as  this  identi- 
cal one'of  patience.  Why  she  called  upon  it  so  frequently 
is  easily  expUuned.  Glendower,  Shakspeare  tells  us,  was 
wont  to  "  call  spirits  from  the  vasty  deep,"  but  he  could 
never  make  them  listen  to  his  call.  Mrs.  M'Dougald  wa^ 
something  like  Glendower.  As  she  never  could  coax  tlie 
spirit  of  her  patience  out  of  its  vast  deep,  she  thought  tlii-' 


licr  only  i 
ujipeal. 
"  Ihif, 

time,  "  111 

Just   til 

11] inn  that 

"the  Litii 

011(1,  s(;an' 

a  tissue  of 

my  roof  » 

iifvcr." 

And  sh 

Out  of 

scizcil.     T 

the  otlior 

iii.ir  iiotliiiij 

(if  the  pic 

therefore, 

lorosa  "  w, 

"Sairite  T 

wliosc  birt 

t'llly  fixed  i 

iroiii  the  "■; 

make,  and 

it  some  fou 

"There 

"Popes,  p 

and  all  ar( 

read  hurrli 

sinners  now 

Jiaticnce  1 

«totli  !  is  n 

ers  as  these 


A     TALK. 


SO 


li.r  oiilv  chanco  of  snci-css  would  lio  luroic  jH-ivvoraiicp  mimI 
ii|i|i<'a]. 

"  \U\t,  my  pnti.'iice  !"  oxclaiincd  she  for  tlio  liuiitlrcdth 
tiiiir,  "  liav<'  I  iiiiy  aufliorify  Irtc  or  not  ?" 

Just  tlirn  she  oiKTicd  out  a  book,  and  liaii|t('ii('d  to  li^rlit 
ni»iii  thatjyraycr  so  hateful  to  all  of  licr  jKiriicidar  staiiij^— 
"  the  Litany  of  tlio  Ulvs^cd  Virji-iii."  Slio  read  a  few  \v(»rds, 
ami,  scarcely  able  to  eoiiiinuiid  herself,  cried  out:  "What 
u  tissue  of  absurdities  and  lies  !  Am  I  jioin«r  to  leave  under 
lay  roof  such  a  pestilent,  pernicious  thin.i,'  as  this  ?  ^o, 
iifvcr." 

And  she  threw  the  book  upon  the  floor,  passionately. 

Out  of  it  fell  two  small  j)ictures,  uj)on  which  she  ea,u:erly 
scizeil.     The  inscription  under  one  was,  "  Mater  Dolorosa  ;'" 
the  other  instription  was,  "Sainto  Tliercse."     I'nderstarid- 
iair  iiotliin-r  either  of  Latin  or  French,  she  was  left  to  make 
of  the  pictures  whatever  her  fancy  nn"j.ht  su^-^r,.st.     yi„.^ 
thorefore,  concluded  wisely  within  herself,  that  "  Mater  Do- 
lorosa" was  some  old  L'ish  woman  in  distress,  and  that 
"Sainte  Thcrese  "  was  prol)abIy  intended  for  the  Theresa 
whose  birth-place  she  had,  on  a  former  occasion,  very  Icnrn- 
edly  fixed  in  some  bog  in  old  L-eland.     She  took  tlie  book 
from  the  ground  to  see  what  further  discoveries  she  could 
make,  and  lioldijig  it  ])y  both  sides  of  the  cover,  shook  from 
it  some  four  or  five  snudl  French  jilates. 

"There  go  the  saints  flying,"  she  joyously  exclaimed 
"Po[)es,  priests,  nuns,  holy  water,' crosses,  beads,  papists, 
and  all  are  getting  a  hard  time  of  it  to-da}  "  She  then 
read  hurriedly,  "  Holy  Mary,  Afother  of  God,  pray  for  us 
sinners  now,  and  at  the  hour  of  our  death.  Amen."  "  My 
jiatience  !  our  accomplished,  enlightened  governess,  for- 
sooth !  is  making  beneath  our  roof  such  blaspiiemous  pray- 
ers as  these  to  Mary,  who  was  no  better  than  anybody  else  ; 


90 


W  F.  I,  I.  !     W  F,  1.  I.  ! 


and  not  only  to  l>er,  but  to  evrry  oM  rotten  saint  tlnit  po- 
i.l.'s  tl...  Pnpist  l.(>avf.n.  AWll-wcU-vvell/'  excluimcd  the 
rabid  Mrs.  M'Dono-ald,  rollin-  lier  eyes  once  more  around 
the  room,  and  stan.ling,  as  it  were,  in  an  attitude  of  di- 
fence,  "  is  not  this  idolatry  and  sin  with  a  vengeance ?' 

"  Bell  !  shall  1  break  that  vase,  burn  this  book,  tear 
these  pictures,  destroy  these  beads,  smash  that  idol,  and 
drive  this  mass-goer  out  of  the  house  ?" 

"  Oh  I  guess  not,"  quietly  responded  Bell,  who  all  tlii.s 
wliile  w'asUstening  with  unprecedented  patience,  to  her  very 

foolish  mistress.  ^^ 

"  Why  should  I  not  ?"  fiercely  demanded  our  fool ;  are 
you  not  ashamed  of  the  state  of  this  room,  and  don't  y..a 
feel  yourself,  your  religion,  and  all  grossly  msulted?" 

-  Oh,  by  golly  !  as  for  my  religion."  replied  the  unfortu- 
nate Bell  "  I  calculate  it  aint  easy  insulted.  As  for  them  'ere 
erisses-crosses,  and  prayin'  things,  I  guess  there  aint  much 
harm  in  'em  arter  all-and  as  for  Mary,  I  kinder  have  a 
u-reat  likin'  for  her,  and  no  mistake." 

"  If"  returned  the  lady,  "  if,  Bell  !  yon  have  no  religion, 
J  am  I'lot  so— if  V<'U  think  that  these  pernicious  idolatries  can 
do  no  harm,  /  know  better-and  if  you  can  have  a  regard 
for  a  silly  Papist  like  this,  you  must  be  losing  your  senses. 

-  Now  '  don't  know,  mistress,  aV)Out  that  'ar,"  rejomcl 
the  fantastic  maid,  "  but  it  strikes  me  as  how  them  pray.u' 
beads,  and  them  pictures,  can't  have  any  wickedness  nuuh 
iu  'em,  seein'  as  Mary  is  such  a  heap  of  a  good  crittur.  ^i  ou 
know  close  on  to  as  well  as  I  do,  I  guess,  that  she  is  as 
Christian  a  gal  as  you  can  scare  up  anywhere  romid  these 
'ere  diggin's,  and  blame  me,  if  I  ain't  almost  of  opinion,  now, 
that  them  'ere  affairs  are  first-chop  articles  for  puttm  ivh- 
gion  into  people's  heads.  1  do,  1  swan  to  goodnes.  .1  1 
don't." 


"  Don' 

Lite  Mrs. 

At  thi; 

his  study, 

mercy's  s{ 

"  Wha 

liis  head  i 

"  Look 

lierfectly  > 

"  Wha 

observing 

"Thei 

the  fancif 

of  observi 

liniiiiaries. 

"  llarri 

"  Talkii 

"  Allen  1 

])oj)ish  cha 

"  Oh,  h 

serving  th( 

"  Scare; 

you  ?" 

"Xoth 

"  Not  ii 

At  this  1 

tlie  sigji  of 

lield  up  th( 

tcred  over 

used  for  n 

of  sorrow, 

for,  and  b 

^I'Dougalc 


A    T  A  L  R 


HI 


ill  [)»'<>• 

(hI  tlie 

a  round 

of  de- 

k,  tear 
lol,  and 

all  11 lis 
ler  very 

;  "  are 
uii't  von 

unfortii- 

lieni  'ere 

ut  nuuli 

have  a 

religion, 
Ltriescan 
a  regard 
senses." 
rejoined 
1  prayin' 
ess  nuu'li 
;ur.   You 
she  is  as 
uid  tliesi^ 
lion,  now, 
Lilt  in'  reli- 
Incs^  if  1 


"Don'l  talk  in  that  way  again,  Bell  !"  cried  the  innnaeu- 
late  Mrs.  M'Dougald,  "lor  it  hurts  niy  leelings  dreaillully." 

At  tins  moment  the  doctor,  who  was  just  i)assing  from 
his  study,  was  hailed  by  his  dilapidated  ludy,  saying  :  "  For 
mercy's  sake,  Allen  !  just  come  here  a  moment." 

"  What's  wrong  now  ?"  inquired  the  husband,  as  he  put 
his  head  into  the  room. 

"  Look  'round  here,"  suggested  the  omniscient  woman, 
perfectly  certain  of  giving  him  a  surprise. 

"  What's  the  matter,  Harriet  ?"  asked  the  doctor,  not 
observing  the  cause  of  his  wife's  uneasiness. 

■'The  priest  is  going  to  have  mass  here  to-morrow,"  cried 
the  fanciful  intruder,  evidently  pained  at  the  doctor's  want 
of  observation,  "  and  Mary  has  gone  off  to  arrange  the  pre- 
liiniuaries." 

"  Harriet  !  what  are  you  talking  about  ?" 

"  Talking  about  !"  repeated  the  half  petrified  Harriet. 
"  Allen  1  do  you  know  whe-  you  are,  or  are  you  in  a 
jiopish  chapel  ?" 

"  Oh,  is  it  that  that  scares  you  ?"  asked  the  doctor,  ob- 
serving the  crucifix  on  the  table. 

"  Scares  me  1"  echoed  the  mocking  bird  ;  "  doesn't  it  scare 

you  ?" 

"  Xot  in  the  least,"  replied  the  inexorable  surgeon. 
"  Not  in  the  least,  Allen  !  Oh  !  my  patience,  my  - 
At  this  moment,  Mrs.  [M'Dougald  changed  color,  and  drew 
the  sigh  of  an  afflicted  heart.  After  a  moment's  i)anse,  she 
lield  up  the  beads,  pointed  to  the  holy  water  vase,  and  scat- 
tered over  the  table  the  little  scriptural  i)ictures  which  Mary 
used  for  marks  and  mementoes.  She  "  spoke  not  a  word 
of  sorrow,  but  she  steadfastly  gazed  on  the  face  of  the  doc- 
tor, and  bitterly  thought"  of  the  facts.  The  tantalizing 
M'Dougald  was  equally  silent,  pretending  probably  to  be 


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T9  E  L  L  1     W  E  L  L  1 


nmch  aggrieved,  or  frightened.     "  I  presume,"  said  tlie  lady 
at  length,  "  that  you  are  soniewliat  scared  now." 

"  Not  a  bit,  Harriet  !"  replied  the  niisera)))^-  doctor. 

"  I  believe  in  my  soul,"  shouted  tiie  thunder-strick(Mi 
Mrs.  MDougald,  in  a  tone  of  phrensy  and  despair,  "  that 
you  are  a  Papist  in  your  heart.  If  so,  prepare  to  say  mass, 
i'ather  Allen  !  and  I  will  receive  the  veil  from  your  hands.'' 

The  kindly  doctor,  believing  that  his  impetuous  and  [)re- 
ci[)itate  spouse  was  going  to  the  devil  a  little  too  fast,  very 
oi)i)ortunely  remarked,  in  a  tone  not  particularly  pleasing  : 
"  Harriet,  allow  me  to  tell  you,  that  you  are  making  much 
ado  about  nothing,  and  crying  out  murder  wliere  there  is  no 
occasion.  The  best  thing,  I  think,  that  you  can  do,  is-  to 
imitate  Mary's  virtues,  instead  of  acting  as  you  are  ;  to  work 
out  your  own  salvation,  and  let  Mary  do  as  she  pleases  in 
working  out  hers." 

"  I  guess  so,  too,"  whispered  Bell  to  herself,  and  as  she 
afterwards  muttered,  when  she  was  returning  to  the  kitchen, 
*'  Mrs.  Mac,  I  can  tell  you  that  Mary  is  a  darned  sight 
better  than  yourself,  and  I  reckon,  too,  that  you  couldn't  do 
no  better  thing  than  to  lay  hold  for  a  spell  on  her  pray  in' 
machines," 

With  this  sentence,  not  expressed,  but  understood.  Bell, 
anxious  to  get  away,  was  passing  through  the  room,  when 
she  very  awkwardly  upset  a  small  table  that  stood  just  behind 
the  door.  M'Dougald  caught  the  table  as  it  was  falling, 
and  in  his  hurry  let  the  drawer  with  its  contents  tumble  on 

the  ground. 

"  A  new  emporium  of  papistical  trumpery,  I  suppose," 
said  the  prophetic  Mrs.  M'Dougald. 

"  Probably,"  said  the  doctor,  curtly,  picking  up  a  locket 
which  he  opened,  and  found  to  contain  the  portrait  of  a 
Bplendid-looking  young  man. 


A    T  A  r,  K 


93 


Mrt!.  M'Doii,<ral(l  furtlnvitli  deniniuled  h  look,  whicli  she 
a.>  readily  obtained.  "  This  is  m  saint,  I  rather  judfrc,"  ob- 
served the  sajraclous  dame.  Whether  it  was  a  saint,  or  a 
sinner,  she  was  rot  given  to  nn(h'r.stand.  The  reader,  how- 
ever, will  not  ;>  ft  in  similar  darkness.  If  he  read  ou,  he 
will  be  enlig-ht/nud  by  and  by, 

"  I  rather  think,  Harriet,  that  you  are  right  for  once  in 
your  life,"  the  doctor  was  just  after  saying,  when,  as  if  seized 
by  a  sudden  surprise,  lie  exclaimed  :  "  Jf  that's  no  saint, 
THIS  IS,  by  Jupiter  !"  drawings  from  the  midst  of  a  pile  of 
l»ai)er,  a  life-like  portrait  of  his  darling  Emma. 

For  a  length  of  time  he  contimied  to  gaze,  with  all  ad- 
miration, upon  the  faultless  picture. 

"  You're  mightily  taken  with  your  saint,"  remarked  the 
lady,  who  had  some  time  previously  seated  herself  at  the 
other  end  of  the  chamber';  "  you're  mightily  taken  with  your 
saint,  and  I  would  huml)ly  suggest  that  you  go  down  upon 
your  knees,  and  pay  it  true  Catholic  homage." 

"Is  it  possible?"  cried  M'Dougald,  handing  over  the 
portrait  to  his  dear  distracted  wife,  asking  as  he  passed  it 
over—"  Who  is  that,  Harriet  ?" 

The  fascinated  lady  looked  at  it  as  steadfastly  as  did  her 
lord,  who  jocularly  said,  "  You're  mightily  taken  with  your 
saint,  and  I  would  in  turn  humbly  suggest  that  you  go  upon 
your  knees,  and  pay  it  true  Protestant  homage." 

3Irs.  M'Dougald  replied  not,  but  gazed  and  gazed. 

Gaze  on,  then,  wwthless  woman  !  gaze  on,  and  let  a  dis- 
criminating world  see  where  lies  the  idolatry  now,  in  you 
for  adoring  the  image  of  your  daughter,  or  in  Mary  for 
venerating  the  image  of  her  God.  Gaze  on,  and  let  a 
discriminating  world  see  whether  or  not  there  be  superstition 
in  a  system  which  allows  its  f(  jlowers  to  cherish  sucli  thing's 
as  most  forcibly  remind  them  of  the  love  which  a  Saviour 


i\ 


04 


W  K  I.  L  :     W  K  1,  L  I 


had  for  men.  Gaze  on,  and  let  a  discrirainatinn^  world  sti y 
whether  or  not  you,  with  all  the  devotion  now  riveting  yo;i 
to  that  graven  image,  are  guilty  of  an  act  that  should  he. 
called  idolatry.  Gaze  on,  and  learn  from  the  object  now 
before  you,  the  mystery  of  Mary's  watching. 

Angels  and  Saints  !  whose  representations  this  wicked 
woman  laugliec'  at  to-day,  and  scattered  in  derision  on  the 
ground,  let  you  alone  tell  how  obdurate  and  blind  are  the 
votaries  of  error.  Ye  who,  seeing,  as  you  do,  "  the  Lanil) 
that  was  slain  from  the  foundation  of  the  world,"  who, 
1)eholding  him  face  to  face,  require  no  outer  aids  to  fix  your, 
eyes  upon  his  beauty,  and  inflame  your  hearts  with  his  love, 
pray  for  those  erring  multitudes,  who,  while  they  worship 
tlieir  earthly  heroes,  and  never  cease  to  tell  of  their  prowss, 
forget  the  victory  of  the  heroes  of  Christ,  and  1;  ugh  lilve 
lieathens  at  their  memory. 

0  merciful  One  !  whose  ignominious  death  should,  above 
all  things,  be  ever  before  our  eyes,  and  whose  red  cross — 
our  pillar  of  light^ — should  unceasingly  illume  our  way,  for- 
give the  perverted  heart  that  can  treat  thy  image  scornfully, 
that  can  call  it  a  pagan  idol,  that  could  fling  it  to  the 
flames  ;  forgive,  too,  the  polluted  mind  that  sees  in  that 
mother,  who  alone  was  worthy  thee,  nothing  beyond  tli(> 
ordinary  woman — that  absolutely  entertain  for  her  a  con- 
tempt— that  mock  at  such  children  of  thine  as  make  lion  )r- 
able  mention  of  her  name. 


Let  not 

a  creation 

is  a  being  ( 

he  lonnd  ir 

Who,  bi 

which  pool 

hiii'oted  mil 

write  the  1 

here  on  ace 

such  a  volu 

hlottiiig  th( 

iSotith,  {jud 

affliction,  fit 

girls  have 

forgot  the  b 

iig-e  of  the  V 

That  libei 

of  tlie  negr 

nothing  mor 

if  his,  woulc 

half  so  dear 

only  in  the  a 

that  religioi 

mass  which 

as  that  sacr 

were,  frnui  ji 

shut  out  fro 


A    T  A  [,  F  . 


\)b 


CHAPTER  XVII. 


MORE   TROUBLE. 

Let  not  the  reador  imagine  that  Mrs.  M'Dontrakl  is  morcly 
a  eiratioii  of  the  fancy,  but  ratlier  kt  hun  hehevc  that  she 
is  a  h'wr  of  blood  and  bone,  hundreds  of  whose  like  may 
he  iuund  in  our    ountry. 

Who,  but  the  victims  themselves,  know  the  persecutions 
whicl.  poor  Catholic  females  experience  at  the  liands  of 
l.i-otcd  mistresses  like  Mrs.  M'Dougald  ?     Could  they  but 
write  the  history  of  the  trials  which  they  have  to  underjro 
iioro  on  account  of  their  religion,  they  would  furnish  forUi 
siuh  a  volume  of  woe  as  no  gentle  eye  could  (race,  without 
l)lotting  the  page  with  its  tears.     Talk  of  slavery  at  the 
Soiitli,  iiiid  weep  for  the  black  man's  miserj',  but  learn  the 
affliction,  fierce  and  unremitting,  which  unotVending  Catholic 
girls  have  to  suffer  in  these   New  England  States  then 
lor.irct  the  bondage  of  the  black  slave  for  the  greater  bond- 
a,u-e  of  the  white  one. 

That  liberty,  which  clamored  for,  as  it  is,  by  men  in  fiivor 
of  the  negro,  means,  so  far  as  that  negro  is  concerned, 
nothing  more  than  other  air,  and  broader  sky— things  which,' 
if  lii3,  would  be  but  his  larger  misery— such  liberty  is  not 
lialf  so  dear  to  the  black  man's  heart,  whose  slavery  ex-ists 
only  in  the  abolitionist's  speech,  as  to  the  Catholic  female  is 
tliat  religion  which  she  always  hears  maligned  ;  as  that 
mass  which  she  is  frequently  prevented  from  attending,  or 
as  that  sacrament  which  is  many  a  time  snatched,  as  it 
wore,  from  her  lips.  Put  tlie  iron  on  her  hands  and  feet- 
shut  out  from  her  eytv?  the  light  of  day,  and  feed  her  as 


9r» 


W  K  I-  I, 


W  K  r,  L 


you  fcMid  a  friiiiinul.  Do  all  this,  and  make  of  licr  a  slaw, 
whose  like  not  even  the  tenderest  modern  idiilanthrupiKt  v^w 
Bee  in  this  land.  What  then?  Will  she,  think  you,  d'! 
that  her  chains  are  heavy  ?  Will  she  weep  for  the  liuht 
that  is  lost  ?  Will  she  eat  her  hard  crust  rei>inin<?ly  ?  Pii 
vided  that  she  is  allowed  to  practise  her  relig-ion,  she  w  J 
not  mind  those  trials.  If  she,  now  and  then,  have  an 
opportunity  of  laying  down  that  l)urden  of  the  conscience 
from  which  even  the  just  are  not  always  free,  that  iron  will 
be  light.  If  slie,  now  and  then,  can  rest  her  eye  upon  the 
blaze  of  the  sacred  altar,  the  light  of  the  noontide  is  not 
missed.  And  if  she,  now  and  then,  can  feed  her  soul  witii 
"  the  bread  which  came  down  from  heaven,"  the  earthly 
scanty  crust  will  be  sweet  enough.  Yes,  chains  and  daik- 
ness  and  coarse  fare  constitute  the  slavery  which  certain 
persons  consider  as  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  misfortune,  but  for 
the  Catholic  female  heart — the  purest  in  the  world — thtse 
things  have  not  half  the  terrors  that  are  discovered  in  the 
loss  of  the  sweets  of  religion. 

"  Rdiff'ion!  wliat  treasures  untold 
Kesidc  in  tliat  lieavcnly  word — 
More  preciouH  than  silver  or  gold, 
Or  all  that  this  eurth  can  afford  I" 

When  what  has  been  said  above  is  the  case,  many  a 
white  slave  is  here — many  a  one  groans  under  weights  tiiat 
are  heavier  than  iron  ;  many  a  one's  eyes  are  shut  to  a  liuht 
that  is  fairer  than  the  sunbeams  ;  many  a  one  is  peorer  fed 
than  he  or  she  who  lives  upon  bread  and  water. 

Think  of  these  white  slaves,  ye  matrons  of  New  England! 
See  them  around  you  in  these  little  foreigners,  who,  thouuli 
they  wash  your  plates,  and  tend  upon  your  tables,  am 
nevertheless  oftentimes,  in  spite  of  thraldom  and  sorrow,  of 


fairer  I 

SKTJfic 

to  olfei 

of  thcii 

vour  sy 

and  inj 

cliuiige 

sneers, 

btrange 

Yet^ 

cannot  i 

to  this 

guld,  wl 

deeds,  t 

puragra] 

'Twa.s 

had  beei 

mcnt,  w 

muss.     ] 

plea  of 

for  the  i 

qiiently  1 

was  off  1 

morning. 

to  again 

which  Ml 

the  fact  t 

at  the  bi 

however  \ 

he  allowc 

house.     I 

had  not  I 

a^^iured  tl: 


A    TALE 


97 


I'UJUKt  I'i.li 

;  yon,  r,-! 

the  litrht 
;ly?  Tn.. 
1,  she  wiil 
,  have  all 
consck'iK'e 
t  iron  \\\\\ 
'  upon  till' 
ide  is  imt 
'  soul  witii 
be  earthly 

and  chuk- 
cii  certain 
le,  Ijut  for 
rid — ihc.^e 
;red  iu  the   K, 


,  many  a 

lights  that 

to  a  lijrlit 

poorer  fi'il 

Enghiiul ! 
10,  thonuli 
aljles,  aro 
sorrow,  ul 


fairer  face  and  hai)pier  brow  than  yourselves.  Think  whit 
suTiHces  of  feeling  are  they  not,  through  yonr  fault,  made 
to  offer  up,  day  after  day.  Think  of  those  keeu  sensibilities 
ol  th.-irs,  which  ye  think  nothing  of  wounding.  Give  not  all 
vonr  sympathy  to  the  unseendy  negro,  and  in  your  bigotrv 
Hiid  injustice,  remember  that  there  is  a  God,  who  if  you 
change  not  your  way,  will  reward,  a^  they  deserve  your 
siieers,  and  jibes,  and  contempt  of  the  frail  and  helpless 


b  Granger. 


\et  why  speak?  Ye  slavehohlers  of  New  England'  ye 
cannot  reconcile  slavery  with  a  white  face ;  ye  will  not  listen 
to  this  appeal,  for  ye  are  all  facsimiles  of  Mrs  M'Dou- 
guld  who  now  reappears  upon  the  stage  to  verify  by  her 
deeds,  the  words  which  have  been  written  in  the  above 
paragraphs. 

'Twos  Sunday.  Mary,  who,  as  has  already  been  stated 
had  been  at  confession,  and  prepared  to  receive  the  sacra- 
ment, was  prevented  by  Mrs.  M'Dougald  from  goin..  to 
mass.  By  way  of  justifying  herself,  the  lady  put  in  herald 
plea  of  having  to  attend  to  meeting.  There  was  no  hope 
tor  the  governess.  Her  friend,  the  doctor,  who  had  fi-e- 
qnently  before  rescued  her  from  the  fangs  of  the  mistres. 
was  off  to  the  country,  whither  he  had  been  called  thai 
morning.     Previous  to  his  setting  out,  he  had  been  appealed 

whTm  ^ll^'r.''^^''  '"  '^''  ^"^^J^^*  ^^  ^^''  hours,  against 
which  Mrs.  M'Dougald's  choler  had  been  freshly  ar;u.4l  by 

te  act  that  Mary  had  not,  this  day,  made  her  appearance 

at  the  breakfast  table.     He  was  told  that  the  governess 

however  well  she  might  paint  Emma's  picture,  ought  not  to 

^e  allowed  to  persevere  in  a  practice  so  perilous  to  the 

house.     In  vain  did  the  doctor  remark  that  Mary  probably 

had  not  been  up  the  previous  night.     He  was  empiiaticaliy 

a..ured  that  nothn.g  else  could  have  kept  her  from  break 


98 


W  E  L  L  1     W  K  1,  L  ! 


fast.  He  was  iiifunncU  tliat  her  fasting  was  all  owing  to 
her  having  overslept  herself. 

"  Did  you  see  her  up  at  a  late  hour  ?" 

"  No — but  I  am  certain  that  she  was." 

"Now  might  not  this  be  one  of  Mary's  fast  days  ?" 

"  Fast  days  !  more  of  the  suj>erstition  1" 

M'Dougald,  perceiving  that  his  lady  was  determined  to 
be  right,  and  pestered  by  her  wrangling  spirit,  exclaimed  ut 
last,  as  he  hurried  out  of  the  house,  "For  heaven's  sake, 
Harriet!  *  castle  stan',  or  castle  fa',' let  her  finish  that  jtic- 
ture,  for  I  would  sooner  have  it  than  the  whole  establisli- 
meut." 

The  doctor's  absence  was  now  a  grand  opportunity  for 
Mrs.  M'Dougald  to  act  the  tyrant  fully.  This  of  course 
she  did. 

The  white  slave,  from  whoae  eye  to-day  the  light  of  the 
Gospel  was  banished,  and  from  whose  soul  the  food  of 
angels  was  withtirawn,  bowed  with  patience  to  the  mandate, 
and  retired  to  her  silent  room. 

How  has  the  devil  such  power  as  to  triumph  by  his  agents 
over  the  innocent  and  weak  ?  How  is  he  permitted,  as  he 
is,  to  throw  the  stainless  on  a  dunghill,  and  to  place  tlie 
polluted  on  a  golden  pavilion  ?  'Tis  a  harrowing  thought  to 
know — 'tis  a  crushing  fact  that  makes  the  heart  sweat 
blood  I  Is  there  nothing  to  cheer  us  in  the  contemphitiou 
of  so  hard  a  truth?  Oh,  there  must  be — there  is.  Why  or 
liow  could  it  be  that  Lucifer,  after  his  fall,  should  be  left  so 
much  of  his  original  power,  and  that  those  brilliant  Essences, 
whose  light  was  never  darkened  from  the  first,  should  he 
accorded  no  power  at  all  ?  Why  or  how  should  the  dannud 
and  faithless  spirit  be  mighty  in  evil,  and  the  blessed  and 
faithful  ones  be  powerless  for  good  ?  The  battle  between 
the  celestial  and  infernal  hosts  may  be  still  said  to  be  goiiig 


on — and  ! 

(Iwonifit 

a.s  lie  was 

Yes,  yes, 

(iocs  tein]) 

k'lp  US  to 

Ou  the 

lifTs,  a  dre 

Tlint  visioi 

^liippers,  0 

lier  as  if 

realitv,  sna 

The  atnios 

light  of  th 

shadow  of 

When  ]\ 

prnyer-ljooli 

^vhich  she  i 

mitted  to  as 

devotions,  s 

of  Emma,  h 

■f^s.    "  Sw 

upon  her  ov 

ago,  when  i 

you  are  no' 

How  little  ( 

time,  be  wai 

vanished  joy 

^viJl  some  IV; 

.von're  now  r 

cross  your  ps 

once  as  hap|; 

the  world's  i 


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99 


ON-,,,,,  .so  the  arch  n,.n,l  with  his  f„llo«n.s  arc  „s  ,„„.rK. 
"■■"""I't       o-,lay  i„  l,is  fi.l.t  „.i,h  Go,rs  ,re„tio„_„u„,i 
«  l,e  was  at  tl,e  l„.gi„„i„g  i„  ,,i,  |i^,|,t  „.i„,  o„.l  hi„„,|f 
c,  .v™.     l,s  sweet,  then,  to  feel  that  if  the  devil  ea„,  a„,i 
0.  te,a,,t  „s  o  ev,l,  there  arc  aagel.s  „„d  arehangelswho 
Wp  as  to  good.     Tl,i.s  is  coiLsolation 
Ou  the  wild  Atlantic  JIary  ha,|,  „,  i|,e  reader  remen,- 
o,y  dream,  winch,  like  thcpoct'.s,  "  was  not  all  adrean,  •' 
l,at  v,s,on  was  never  fairly  realized  till  now.     Those  w„r 
^<l.ipi.or.s  of  who.n  she  c.x-,,eeted  to  be  one  to-day  were  to 
''"as  ,f  they  had  ,,nddenly  died.     A  cruel  ha  Id 
r;*y  snatch  away  f.-on,  l.er  ti,e  host  that  she  ado,;,l 
e  a  ,nos,,he,-e  aronnd  grew  thick  an,l  heavy,  the  sacr,,l 

11  >v  on       "■;  "■":  ^^""P"-''^'J  f»'-  '"■■r,  an.l  the  black 
sl..d,  „  of  her  lady's  tyranny  darkened  eve,-ythin,.  arena,!. 

"l,e«  Mary  arrived  at  her  chamlnT,  ,.he  took  „n  l„r 
l^.vor-book,  and,  falling  upon  her  knees,  read  those  -aayers 
wlaeh  .she  would  more  satislacto,-ily  read  had  she  be!.,,  per- 
«tocl  to  assist  at  the  Sacrili,.e.  After  she  had  linishcd  I,..- 
*vot,o„.s,  she  rose  up,  and  taking  in  her  hand  the  portrait 
ol  f.,niaa,  looked  at  it  till  the  tears  went  bursting  f  on,  her 
™s.  "Sweet  child  I"  .sai,l  Mary  to  herself,  as  she  giz... 
«|.on  her  own  fair  haady-wo.^k  ;  '■  Sweet  child  I  nine  years 
a?o,  when  my  portrait  was  taken  too,  I  was  as  young  as 

lo.  httle  d,d  I  dream  M™  that  I  would,  in  so  .short  a 
tunc,  be  waihng  over  a  picture  like  this,  the  image  of  mv 
vamshed  joy  I  Beloved  Emma  I  so  fond,  so  fair,  so  hap,,, 
»JI  some  Maiyof  another  land  ever  make  you  weep  ,,s 
.voure  now  making  me  ?  Who  knows  what  shadows  .„„. 
cross  your  path  and  darken  yoar  bright  existence  ?     I  was 

tiiongbt 


tlie  world's  sunny  side. 


I  am  changed,  I  am  changed  I 


100 


W  E  M,  !     W  K  1.  1.  ! 


Shall  I  think  that  you  may  ho  my  succt-s.sor  hi  pain  ?  L\ 
\m  not  say  it  !  O  Emma  !  my  little  love,  long  may  that 
brow  be  smooth,  long  may  those  eyes  be  bright,  ever  nmy 
tiiat  soul,  looking  out  so  innocently  through  those  cyvs 
whose  windows  they  are,  be  free  from  each  sense  of  sorrow, 
aud  never  may  that  i)ure,  fair  face  be  dinnued  by  the 
exile's  tear." 

JiLst  as  she  was  finishing  her  apostroj^he,  she  heard  tii. 
light  little  foot  of  Ennna  coming  up  stairs.  Not  wishiiii: 
that  any  one  should  see  the  [)icturC  until  she  had  given  i' 
the  last  touch,  she  ran  to  her  drawer  and  secreted  tli.' 
paper. 

Emma,  seeing  immediately  on  her  entrance  that  Man- 
had  been  weeping,  inquired  of  her,  in  a  sweet,  affectioiiak 
tone,  if  she  was  sick. 

"  I  am  not  well,  my  dear  Emma  1" 

"  Oh,  my  sweet,  good  Mary  !  I  am  so  sorry,"  said  the 
gentle  child,  throwing  her  arms  lovingly  around  Marv'< 
neck,  and  kissing  her.  "What  shall  I  do  to  make  you 
well  ?" 

Those  kind  words  of  innocence  were  the  medicine  that 
Mary  most  required.  They  went  like  balm  to  her  sorrowful 
soul,  and  made  that  soul  feel  happy.  She  took  up  Einina 
in  her  arras,  and  printed  a  kiss  of  childlike  gratitude  niwii 
her  consoler's  cheek.  "  I  am  better,  now,  dear  Emma," 
said  she,  "and  I  am  glad  that  you  have  come  up." 

Having  said  this,  Mary,  in  spite  of  herself,  burst  into 
tears,  and  Emma,  unable  to  resist  the  infection,  began  to 
weep,  she  knew  not  why. 

"  Don't  cry,  my  sweet  Emma,"  said  Mary, 

"  I  am  crying  to  see  you  so  sad,"  said  the  beautiful  oliiln. 

"Well,"  said  Mary,  wi])ing  her  eyes,  "I  will  be  sad  no 
longer,  and  let  my  little  Emma  be  as  glad  as  ever." 


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lOI 


The  happy  chihl,  a.W^hU,]  with  hor  .srovorncss,  fl.u-  ,Iowa 
^Mirs,  and  m  a  few  mo.nonts  roturnod.  hri.mi,,.  with  her  » 
ii'ti.  Ini..ket  co..tai..i„g  ripe  ^n-npes  arul  snf,^ar-ph„n.s  "See  " 
Miid  she,  as,  all  radiant  with  smiles,  she  skipped  up  to  Mary  • 
■'sec  what  I  have  r -t  for  you  here  !  Look  at  that  heauti- 
ful  bunch  of  grapes  I -O  taste  it,  do,-and  look  at  n.y 
suKar-p  uni^all  colors,  red,  white,  blue,  yellow-aint  they 

•■My  lovely  little  butterOy  I"  cried  Mary,  kissin-^luT 
'•''"nucr  again,  'Hhey  are  beautiful  and  sweet,  indeed  but 
joii  are  more  sweet  and  beautiful  than  they." 

At  this  endearing  compliment,  Ennna  threw  back  from 
lur  fair  forehead  those  raven  locks  in  which  there  was  a 
play  of  light,  and  tittered  In  her  own  sweet  way  as  .ho 
said:  "I  like  sugar-plums  and  grapes  better  than  I  like 
K'vsdt.  but  not  so  well  as  I  like  my  own  dear  Mary  Tht^ 

This  was  a  strange  expression,  yet  it  was  as  true  as  the 
^■I"H  who  spoke  it.     Mary  took   her  by  the  hand    and 
pressing  it  with  all  the  tenderness  of  true  affection,  moved 
turvvurd  to  take  with  her  beloved  charge  a  walk  in  the 
garden. 


CHAPTER  Xyill. 

REV.    SIR.    ALIJAW. 

0-v  his  journey  the  doctor  met  with  an  accident  which 
prevented,  him  from  returning  home  that  night.     His  lady 
lor  some  cause  unknown,  did  not  vouchsafe  that  evenin-r  to 
gra^;e  the  table  with  her  presence,  but  allowed  Mary  to  t"ike 
tea  m  silence  and  solitude. 


J  02 


W  F  [.  L  !     W  E  I.  I.  f 


The  doctor  ,li,l  net  HrrivMlII  dinn.r  luM.r  novt  dnv  nni 
a«  soon  as  he  luul  taken  the  cam,.,  knife  h,        '' 

;o  ,.h.asure  of  hearing  IVorn  herself  the  experi         i.,    ' 
l".s  w.fe  ha(U.athere.l  dnrin^^  his  absence 

"I  am  sorry,"  he-an  her  hidyship   -that  vm,  1...] 
|^.-iA,.nnetohearthe.,ea.^ifj;iJ^^^^^^^^^ 
^  ,  We  of  Hstenin,  to  y^^^^^^^^^^ 

''What  was  the  text  ?"  inqnin-d  the  .loctor. 

Mis.  M  I).,Mo.ahl  hesitated,  and  at  leiM4h  .aid  •  "  W  ii 
leHnyecoIh.ctitJnstnowJ.ntit.asa    e^^^,^^ 
on.,  .ndeed,  and  the  .er.on  itself  was  the  besUhat  :. ^  I 

^  J'  What  was  the  tenor  of  his  discourse  V  asked  the  dec 

"It  was  such  a  one  as  would  not  i.-,  very  a.^reeable  to 
some  persons  whom  I  know."  "r,recaoic  to 

][  Would  .Alary  like  it  if  she  heard  it  ?» 
"  I  ratlier  think  not." 
^  J  Oh,  tl,o„,  it  «■«.,  „„  aoM,  so„„.ti,i„g  „.ain.st  the  &(1,«. 

"You  have  just  Kiiossed  it." 

"Auil  wliere  iu  the  liilJe  eoul.l  he  find  a  text  nn^„  „.|,:  i, 
he  eouki  l,„ihl  a  fabric  of  that  I<iu,l  ?•'  '^        "'' 

"  He  found  it." 

"Well,  Alljaw  is  more  the  sinner  for  teaehiuir  his  nnn„t 
a    oc,ru,eof  sueh  „neharit,d,le„ess  ;  and  I  nu'^lft     / 
ret,  tha  you  were  no  better  for  bein^  so  deli.lite.l  w  ll     1 
«b.«  whieh  you  heard  lavished  npo^  your  ,        b" 

of  In.  floek-wlneh,  God  know,,,  require  a  ehano^_,h  „ 
to  pour  oat  his  inveetlves  against  a  people  who  „te 


will  ('( 

Aini.^i 

Ills  tin 

kind  n 

V 

'•  to  hi 

hoiiad 

li's>ly." 

"Vi 

he  and 
all  the  I 
inoiiieiit 
KuiiT  int 
These 
minister 
good, 

• 

Alljaw  if 

"  Ihtl 

'•  Willi 

"I'll  t 

is  fa  his  h 

•'tr  iliiin  c 

'"  rdijrioi 

o/r.     Ikn 

"  Why, 

1  assi 

take  off  tl 

neck  ;  the 

natural,  ar 

'ookod  up  I 

tiT)  ;  then 

a'Jd  Alliaw 


A    r  A  r.  K . 


'  next  (lay,  an^i 
'  in  liaiid,  haj 
Vi«Ticii(.'e  wliic!, 

t  yoii  hail  II,; 
'se  whicfi  I  },i„| 
tliu  Kl-v,  .Mr  1 


fail]  :  "  Wi !!, 
t'ry  iiislriR'tivi 
!.st  tliat  ever  I 

skcU  the  <J()c. 

a<,TeeaIjle  to 


lo;j 


St  the  Cat  ho 


'  upon  which 


ff  Ill's  projiln 
It  add,  II;ir- 
tt'd  with  the 
frhbors.  Jt 
the  DKinils 
an^e — tliaii 
)  never  did 
n  the  bone 


will  ...mr.  „„t  „rtl„.  fl,.,|,,  Allj.w  will  I,,  Allluw  t„  ,l.„  ,    , 
...  fck   who  are  ,1.,.  ,„„„  ,„y ,,  „.,  ,,  '  ^         ' 

,""'*"'■''"•    •:•''''''■ '"'lj..-.'.'li,.k'..„lv,,,:;.k, 
I"    ev..r,  .rotl,,  All,:,,,  with  «  ,.,..„  ,„„  .l,i„t,,   ^   If 

i»i,i,il  111  immimi-.'  in  M\  ii„.  ui„.i imii»i'lf 

|,,,lv ..  '  ""-  "'"''"  '""!'.  »l» ..l>-  ai,d  fear. 

"What  truth  '/     Is  if  th-it  r'..n    i 
l.'a,„l  his  f„„„H.e„  all    ,  i,     V  ":i*,; ;'™  "    fTT'  "'"' 

""  '"■'z'" '"  '"'"*"■'"'•'  ''^^  I'™-- «"« u,i   ot  ;,i! 

— ™  .     'y  would  IK,  i„„re  t,,„„  «„ai,,,.,u  to  ,IH  c     , 
1""^'  ,Nlo  the  sea  u„„tl,er  hei'd  of  ,wi„,.  " 
These  wonis  were  K,«k,..„  thus  sharply  ou  .,„•«„„.    r  „ 

;™...  Whose  histor,  the  u„etoreo,Lil:d'^;l;;^:;: 
Alii  "":r:,s:;::t^--«--H  ■....:,.. 

■  K'.ther  say,  IIa,-ri,.t,  that  he  fa  a  ,„a>.  of  relf.^o,,  - 
What  IS  the  diirere,ice  ?"  '''-'yo,,. 

,  ".HI  hlf"  T,,f  r  "^'*-'  '^  '«  '"■"  wl..t  the  harno. 

"'liy,  Allen,  you  amaze  me  '" 
"f  ■  then  let  M™  iook^outf    ^     ;  ^Tw.  XV'-'' 

••■o;th:„irll';;^™■-;— ^^ 

~ ^"-■"  '-"^  "iiiiself  wiii  liave  parted." 


■"iv 


104 


well!   w  k  l  l ! 


At  tliis  dissection  of  Mr.  Alljaw,  Mary  could  not  lnit 
smile,  thereby  hurting  Mrs.  M'Dongald  to  the  quick. 

"Why,  Allen  1"  cried  the  lady  again,  "you  roiillv 
amaze  me." 

"  How  ?» 

"  Is  there  among  Mr.  Alljaw's  people,  a  child  that  dies 
over  which  he  does  not  make  a  sermon,  which  soothes,  if 
not  banishes  all  sorrow  from  the  parents'  hearts  ?  Is  there 
a  house  into  which  he  goes,  where  he  does  not  offer  np  an 
appropriate  prayer  ?  And  is  there  a  person  that  he  meets, 
whose  hand  he  does  not  shake  with  all  the  aflfection  of  an 
apostle  ?" 

"  Faith — as  to  the  last  thing  yon  have  said,  I  agree  with 
you,  and  moreover  must  say  that  he  is  almost  too  fond  of 
shaking  hands,  particularly  with  the  young  ladies.  But, 
Harriet  I  tell  me,  what  confined  him  so  closely  to  his  house 
all  the  time  that  the  measles  and  ulcerated  sore  throat 
were  so  prevalent  here  ?" 

"  Mr.  Alljaw  was  sick  then." 

"  Ha  !  ha  !  ha  1  yes,  just  about  as  sick  as  I  was.  I 
fancy  that  on  that  occasion,  the  sick  had  not  such  a  })!u('e 
in  his  mind  as  the  healthy.  Alljaw  has  children,  yes,  and 
he  knows  as  well  as  anybody  else,  the  meaning  of  number 
one.     Have  you  anything  more  to  say  in  his  favor  ? 

Mrs.  M'Dougald,  observing  Mary  smiling  again,  felt  so 
Tery  much  like  dying  that  she  remained  perfectly  silent. 

"  Now,  Harriet  1"  began  the  knowledgeable  M'Dougald, 
"  I  see  that  you  have  summed  up  all  this  Rev.  gentleman's 
excellences.  I  will,  therefore,  proceed  to  give  you  one  or 
two  specimens  of  his  defects. 

"  In  the  first  place,  I  should  by  right  begin  with  that 
scrape  of  his — but  never  mind  ;  you  know  it  as  well  as  I 
do — let  it  pass.    In  another  man,"  said  the  doctor  laugli- 


ingly,  " 

hilt,  by 

go  for  SI 

"  Pco 

api>ropri 

Irue 

party  is 

with  a  In 

stone  at 

observe  1 

should  no 

in  one  of 

"  Go  0 

"Tocc 

now,  Ilan 

iiiigiit  hai 

eircumstai 

bors'  fault; 

"Aboui 

before  Lav 

the  time. 

as  a  servan 

of  hers  in 

waives,  and 

'  I  thought, 

one  iiundrec 

already  rec 

'But, 'said.' 

than  thirty- 

limidred  an( 

pious  Alljaw 

to  Squire  JV 

cave  you  pu 


A    TALK 


Kid 


not   lillt 


)u    reallv 


that  (Ii<,'s 
oothes,  if 
Is  there 
Per  np  an 
he  meets, 
on  of  an 

^ree  with 
I  fond  of 
?s.  But, 
his  house 
e  throat 


was.  I 
li  a  plaoe 
yes,  and 
■  number 
? 

1,  felt  so 
lent, 
Dou<raId, 
itleman's 
1  one  or 

'ith  tliat 
,vell  as  I 
»r  laugh- 


hnt  b>  Geor.-e  I  m  a  minister  it  should  not  be  allowed    o 
go  for  such  a  joke."  "  "t  auoMta  lo 

"reoplo  in  glass  houses  should  not  throw  stones  "  very 

api.ropnately  remarked  Mrs.  .AI'Dou-ald  "  ^ 

"True,  very  true,"  replied  the  doctor,  '"' if  the  dass  of  one 

with  a  hou.>e  of  common  ^dass  may  be  excused  for  peltin.^  a 
s  one  at  the  man  with  a  house  of  bull's-eve  glass  D  vo' 
observe  the  distinction?     Kow  a  man  i,'.   Ai       »  ^■ 

should  nnf  hn  i.-v-      •       ,  "*  Alljaw's  position 

ui  one  01  a  thicker  material." 
;;  Oo  on,"  said  M,'.,.  M'DougaKl,  very  primly. 
io  come,  however,  to  a  fact  of  recent  date  pcnnit  ,„<, 

n"gi.t  lave  told  you  of  it  long  ago.  but  as  under  ordiin-v 
™cum.s,ances,  it  is  not  my  practice  to  speak  of  Z^2 
bors-  faults,  I  made  no  mention  of  the  matter 
"Aljout  a  year  ago  a  poor  girl   from   Ireland  came 
fore  Lawyer  Johnson,  in  whose  office  I  happened  to  1 
e  tune.    She  said  that  she  had  for  three  yiars  been  living 
■servant  m  Alljaw's  house.    Wishing  to  join  .son.e  frie2 
t  l.ors  ,n  the  West,  she  called  upon  her  master  for  it 
a|^«,  and  was  told  that  there  was  nothing  eo.ning  to  he  • 
I  i.ought  s,r,'said  she,  'that  I  was  entitled  to  as  much  as' 
0  e  hundred  and  twenty  dollars.'  'No,'  said  Alljaw,  'yon  have 
already  received  your  full  amount  i„  money  and  clothes.' 

han  thrty-  wo  dollars,  while  the  whole  of  my  wages  is  one 
»  red  and    fty.i...'     .Qo  about  your  busLss.'said  th^ 

P  ous  Alljaw  and  say  no  more  about  it,  else  I  will  go  .lown 
0  S(,u,re  Murdoch's,  make  oath  that  you  are  insane,  and 

oari;  you  put  m  the  mad-house.' 


106 


WELL!     W  E  L  L  I 


"  Oil,  I  don't  believe  a  word  of  it,  not  a  single  word." 
"  Why  do  you  not  V 

"Because  the  story  is  not  even  probable,  much  less 
possible." 

"How  do  you  mean?" 

"  From  Mr.  Alljaw's  pretended  threat  to  swear  to  a  lie  " 

"  When  he  said  so,  Harriet !  he  had  no  notion  of  swear- 
ing—he said  so  merely  to  frighten  the  poor  girl  out  of  Iilt 
hard  earnings." 

"  I  don't  believe  a  word  of  it." 

"  Tell  me,  then,  Harriet  1  how  came  it,  that  when  Jolni- 
son  sent  the  summons,  Alljaw  handed  over  the  dimes  imme- 
diately ?" 

"Does  it  follow  that  because  the  law  made  him  pay,  lie 
»vas  therefore  guilty  of  the  alleged  act  V" 
"  Decidedly,  oh  !  decidedly." 

"But  do  not  lawyers  sometimes  make  right  appear 
wrong,  and  wrong  right  ?" 

"  By  Jove  I  if  Johnson  could,  in  this  in^'ance,  em[)loy 
the  'hocus  pocus'  of  which  you  speak,  lie  would  be  more 
inclined  to  use  it  against  the  girl  than  for  her.     After  this 
Harriet !  don't  talk  to  me  about  Alljaw's  preaching." 
"  Mr.  Alljaw  is  a  beautiful  preacher." 
"  If  he  is,  his  practice  makes  it  all  moonshine." 
"  Mr.  Alljaw  is  a  beautiful  preacher." 
"Now,  Harriet  1  as  you  seem  to  be  so  positive,  I  tell  yon 
distinctly,  that,  villainous  as  his  practice  is,  his  preachimr'^ 
if  possible,  a  million  times  worse.     Preaching  1  why,  thun- 
deration  !  I  heard  him  at  old  Major  Hudson's  funeral,'  and  I 
considered  him  the  poorest  preacher  I  ever  heard  in  my  life. 
All  that  he  seemed  to  me  to  be  able  to  do  was  to  screecli, 
and  sweat.     But  to  preach— nonsense  I     I  don't,  however^ 
blame  the  poor  man  for  not  being  a  speaker,  but  how  I  do 


hiamc 

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fact  is 

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AiJjaw 

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allowed 

conseque 

kicked  h 

"Nov^ 

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near  the 

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which  All 

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blame  lilin  is  this  thnf  whn,,  u .  • 

fact  b,  'tis  hard  f.r  bi,„  to  pr^c ,      Hh  "  '"""t'''-     '''"" 
"  Mr.  Alljaiv,  every  one  !T^'        ,         "°  «''"«'"»"■" 
"0  ginger  b,aerw;'^:;:/f'™'"' -'•"'-'' 

^^  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  "  " 

"  Tliere's  where  you're  wrr.no.      u       •      , 
«-,Imust  tel,  ,L  tlL    rtstTf    T^"'"'^^^' 
somewhere  in  Kennebec."  '^"''*''  "^^  ^^^^'^^ 

"He  wasn't,  Allen  I" 

-vii  tHi/aSi-r  ;^»  r? '  •""'  "'^  "-'"^' 

*»ch  a  fenow  taking  it  „:  ^  *  ff"  to    "'  ","  """«'"  "^ 
guessed   that  an  ox  teamer  of  »  "''"'"''  *''"'  '"'"^ 

allowed  to  holier  muehT  •     '"""""  ^''""W"''  '« 

-sequence  wt  hattt    Xe"'to'  ^^  '"  '""*"''    '^"^ 
ticked  l,imself  out."  "  "^<'*'"S-''0«sc,  and 

Tliat's  a  fact,  Harriet  I    I  do  not  iL  .,•        t 
sooner  hear  a  pig  squealing  bluel*'     ',  ""■     '  "■"'"'' 
near  the  three-fourths  of  Lhi  """^or  under  a  gate,  than 

a»i  do„-n  here  ca    i^l  Tu°7T  ''T'"'''  "^  ="»  "P 
ehokers.     But   HaS  L  °"*'''"'  ""'^   "'"' 

*ei.A,va.v.afeXir.rti:;:n^^^^^^^^^ 

t""  to  go  and  preach  the  Gospel  K"  «P'"t  moved 

*'"-**'""°S'"0--="-^.whifc  the  doctor  said: 
"A.  ,Irivi„g  „x<,„  „„,  „„,  t,.; 

I      bo»pre„e,,er,rilor<W„„„,„|f.'^"' 

1  il  sometimes  pray  an.l  r  «,;ii  ^        .'• 

Y«  tha.  i,  „„,bi„,,  „i„  ,,„  j„;;7/  '  «  ^.«  Of  ,po.„h, 


i08  well!   wellI 

I'll  shed  Boft  tears,  I'll  draw  some  heavy  siirha, 
And  turn  to  heav'n  the  whites  of  both  my  eyes. 
Meantime,  I'll  sport,  that  is,  take  Frenchman's  leave, 
And  laugh  at  virtue—won't  I  ?— in  my  sleeve." 

"  Ha  I  ha  1  ha  1"  roared  M'Dougald  as  he  rose  from  tlie 
table,  and  left  the  room,  leaving  :*'Irs.  M'Dougald  to  di<r<'st 
the  "petrifying  commentaries"  which  he  had  just  made  on 
the  saintly  courses  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Alljaw. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


DIVERSITY   OF    OPINION. 

Mary,  unaware  of  the  discovery  which  the  doctor  had 
accidentally  made  of  her  drawing,  in  a  few  days  preseuteil 
the  finished  picture.  The  doctor  pronounced  it  perfect,  and 
appealed  to  Mrs.  M'Dougald  for  an  ac(iuiescence  in'  liis 
opinion.  That  lady  had  such  an  inveterate  hatred  for  tlio 
limner,  that  her  judgment  on  the  merit  or  demerit  of  ]\I:ii  y'.s 
performances  was  anything  but  sound.  Her  bigotry,  whkh, 
in  the  calmest  times,  was  sufficiently  rabid,  had  been  con- 
siderably increased  by  the  furious  sermon  delivered  by  the 
preacher,  who  figures  in  the  preceding  chapter.  The 
blindness,  born  of  a  bad  judgment  and  bigotry  together, 
must  necessarily  be  a  great  obstacle  tc  seeing,  in  the  eye 
over  which  such  a  cloud  has  settled.  Notwithstau'Iiii---, 
therefore,  the  involuntary  admiration  with  which  slie  viewed 
the  painting,  even  in  its  unfinished  state,  it  will  not  be  won- 
dered at,  if  Mrs.  M'Dougald  must  be  represented  now  as 
withholding  the  eulogy  which  the  doctor  expected  to  hear 
her  pass  upon  the  work.     The  dear  lady  was  not  of  fit 


A     TAI,E.  i()c) 

n.in.l  to  act  in  the  coiraniy  of  a  critiV.  That  .■ironmstnncr. 
however,  did  not  prevent  her  fron.  jrivh.^r  i.,r  opinion  The 
opn.ion,  of  course,  was  that  the  picture  was  not  a  true  like- 
ness of  Emma.  The  reasons  adduced  were,  that  Knnna's 
neck,  which  was  always  uncovered,  was  covered  in  the  dr-iw- 
mg;  moreover,  that  she  never  wore  that  necklace  which 
stood  out  here  in  such  bold  relief. 

Mary  vyas  present  while  the  mistress  pronounced  this  cri- 
tique. She  was  sorry  that  there  seemed  to  be  no  hone  of 
purmg  the  lady's  affections.  Indeed,  havin,.  fullv  depended 
on  the  picture  for  establishing  herseh  in  Mrs.  M'Douo-ahl's 
esteem,  she  was  deeply  pained  by  the  sad  result 

The  doctor,  perceiving  her  great  sorrow,  determined  upon 
cheering  her,  by  repeating  his  high  praises  of  the  piece  and 
at  the  same  time  assuring  his  wife  that  he  would  huve  it 
occupy  the  place  in  which  another  likeness  of  Emma  wis 
hanging.  ^'' Harriet  I"  said  he,  "I  give  you  my  word  for 
It  that  while  Simson's  painting  is  no  better  than  a  miserable 
daub,  this  of  Mary's  is  as  true  to  the  original  as  could  be 
done  by  mortal  hand." 

This  compliment  was  too  much  for  Mary's  modesty  She 
thereupon  withdrew. 

"  Yes,"  continued  the  doctor,  "  that  girl  is  decidedly  an 
acquisition  to  tliis  house,  and  she  shall  teach  Emma  draw- 
ing as  well  as  music." 

"Allen"  said  the  uncompromising  wife,  "  I  admit  that 
she  is  a  tolerable  pianist  ;  I  also  admit  that,  though  tliis  is 
no  poof  of  it,  she  is  a  passable  artist ;  but  lest  she  may 
mstil  into  Emma's  mind  any  of  the  errors  of  popery  I  do 
not  wish  to  have  her  continued  as  governess.  From  the 
beginning  this  was  my  great  objection." 
"  Popery  I"  echoed  the  doctor ;  "  for  my  own  part  I  don't 
vt  lyoperj  is  so  much  to  be  feared.     On  the  Ci>utrary, 


seo 


no 


well!   w  e  l  l  I 


I  think  that  if  every  one  in  the  world  were  half  as  .ffood  as 
JVlary,  we  shouki  have  a  re<,nihir  i)ara(iise  on  earthf  Does 
■her  popery  take  away  her  {reiitleness,  lier  patienee  her 
modesty,  her  faitlifuhiess,  her  piety,  or  any  other  of  those 
many  qualities  of  which  she  is  possessed  ?  Rather,  niav  not 
her  i)opery  ^ive  her  these  ?  It  cer'  Inly  does  not  take  theni 
away.  If  it  give  them,  then  popery  must  be  a  different 
thin^^  from  what  you  seem  to  imagine." 

''  These  very  qualities,  whicli  you  ascribe  to  her,"  returned 
Mrs.  M'Dougald,  "  make  her  all  the  more  dangerous  and 
instead  of  reconciling  me,  only  increase  my  fears.     Pop.rv 
IS  not  the  tree  to  produce  such  fruits  as  make  this  girl  so 
charmmg  in  your  eyes.     She  is  a  stranger  here,  and  conso- 
quently  she  adopts  a  policy  which  conceals  her  real  character 
If  she  were  the  owner  of  this  house,  and  we  the  dependents" 
It  IS  my  firm  conviction  that  you  would  know  more  about 
popery  than  you  do.     She  is,  therefore,  as  I  said,  the  more 
dangerous,  for  she  will,  I  fear,  by  her  soft  ways,  winnin^^ 
smdes,  and  all  that,  insinuate  herself  so  much  into  Emma's 
affections,  that  our  darling  child  will  finally  be  drawn  into 
those  abominations  for  which  all  good  Protestants  have 
such  a  thorough  abhorrence.     Indeed,  I  have  csufiicient  rea- 
son for  speaking  as  I  do.     Emma  this  minute,  I  think,  lov.-s 
this  girl  more  than  she  loves  me.     She  seems  to  wish  'to  be 
always  in  her  company,  aud  she  seems  to  find  no  pleasure  in 
mine." 

"  Tut,  woman  1"  exclaimed  the  doctor,  "  'tis  all  collywcst. 
What  I  have  to  say  myself  on  this  tormenting  score  is,  that 
if  you,  Harriet,  never  grow  worse  than  Mary  is,  you  will 
have  as  good  a  chance  of  heaven  as  the  best  protestantism 
can  give  you  ;  and  also  that  if  Emma  turn  out  to  be  a  pup- 
worthy  of  her  governess,  neither  you,  nor  I,  nor  she  will 
have  any  reason  to  be  ashamed  of  her  popish  education. 


A    T  A  r,  K . 


Ill 


But  confoun,]  it_I  ™,  ,,„„,;,,  (,,,„,  .,f  j,,^,^^ 

Wiiiit  to  tliiiik  no  more  alioiit  liiciii  " 
Ilavinj;  n,a,lo  tlK«  f,..«-  ,-,.,„„,k,:  i,,.,  jo,,„,  ,„ok        „,„ 

C't  ">"";  ';:"  '.''''"■"'■"'  '"  "'•'■^»  ■'  """•»  '1-°  ever. 
By  Jupitor  !     la,™,,"  said  he,   "  if  yo„  have  not  eye. 
o.K.„g    ,„«ee  the  merits  of  thi„oa  onght  to  procure  a 
pair  of  goggles  immediately." 

"  I'orhaps  something  of  the  kind  might  hel,,  to  give  your- 
self  a  keener  sig'ht."  b    '^  juui 

'■  Woe  wife,' Hetty  !"  said  M'Dougald  in  his  very  best 
..nior,  "the  eccentrieities  of  old  age  are  gathering  Yom.d 
you  fast,  and  I  am  sorry  for  your  own  selfs  sake  " 
^^^  As^these  words  were  uttered,  Bell's  gaunt  form  entered 

"Who  is  that,  Bell  ?»  asked  the  doetor,  handing  her  the 

matter  of  dispute.  ° 

"Does that  look  like  Emma?"  inquired  Mrs.  M'Dou-ald 
ma  tone  very  much  like  Do  belowthe  linewith  three  sti;k^ 
on  the  head,  aud  one  on  the  neck. 

"  Ye8,  exactly,  and  no  mistake,"  answered  Bell 

"Look  at  it  again,  and  see  if  it4  like  her,"  suggested  the 
incredulous  lady.  'ofet^hiea  me 

u-lf'sl^ut'\^'""''  """  '"""'""S  ""t  °«  if  Emma's  real 
If  sa  d  from  the  paper,  "  Is  that  you.  Bell  !"_eried    "  If 

.at  am,  Emma,  and  Emma  to  the  ni'nes,  rn.r  :st;  a, 

ores  hehair,  the  forred,  the  eyes,  the  mouth,  the  ehin  it 
to  a  shavm'— did  vou  evpr  f     ii„f         i  *' 

it  done  it  ?  Mary  ?"  ^    ""'''  "'■  "'"  »"' 

"Bell,"  said  the  doctor,  "whore's  Emma  V" 


'  Out  in  the  garden  a  walk 


in  with  Mury, 


112 


well!   w  e  1.  l  I 


"  Go  and  call  her  ;  but  don't  say  anything  to  her  about 
the  picture." 

Bell  was  off, 

"Now,  Harriet,"  remarked  the  doctor,  "I'll  lay  you 
whatever  you  like,  that  Emma  herself  will  recoj^niize  tl.e 
likeness  just  as  quickly  as  Bell." 

"  Probably,"  said  Mrs.  M'Dougald  ;  "  ye  all  seem  to  have 

the  same  eyes." 

As  Emma  came  skipping  into  the  room,  her  father  ht-M 
up  before  lier  the  beautiful  painting,  but  spoke  not  a  word. 

"  0  pa,  where  did  you  get  me  there  ?  dear  me,  let  me  see 
myself.  Oh,  isn't  that  my  hair,  and  eyes,  and  all  ?  and  I've 
got  a  necklace  on,  too  ;  doesn't  it  look  well  ?  Pa,  won't 
you  give  me  that  pretty  one  you  promised  me  ?  Well,  well, 
if  that's  not  a  good  one  !  Ma,  you  have  two  Emmas  now. 
Well,  I  am  so  glad.  But  who  drew  me  ?  was  it  Mr.  Jack- 
son ?" 

This  was  a  question  which  Bell  was  as  anxious  to  hear 
answered  as  Emma  ;  but  it  was  one  which  M'Dougald  did 
not,  for  certain  reasons,  like  to  answer  immediately,  and 
which  Mrs.  M'Dougald,  for  the  same  reasons,  would  not. 

The  doctor  was  for  a  moment  silent,  evidently  in  a  puzzle. 
At  length  he  said  to  Emma  :  "  I'll  leave  you  this  eveuill^' 
to  guess  it ;  and  if  you  can  tell  me  then,  I'll  give  you  the 

necklace." 

"  If  I  guess  it  now,  pa,  will  you  give  me  it  ?" 

"  I  will,"  said  the  father. 

'•  It  wasn't  Mr.  Jenkins,  was  it  ?"  asked  Emma. 

"  No,  it  wasn't  Mr.  Jenkins." 

"  I  guess  I  could  guess  the  coon,"  exclaimed  Bell. 

"  0  no.  Bell,"  cried  Emma,  "  let  me  guess  it  myself  ;  be- 
cause  if  you  don't,  I  shouldn't  get  the  necklace." 


A    TALE 


113 


"  It  wasn't  Mr.  Jenkins.     Ah  !  pa,  was  it  Mary  ?" 
The  doctor,  laujrhing  out,  said  nuthin<^,  but  walked  out 
of  the  room. 

If  he  had  given  expression  to  his  sentiments,  he  woukl 
tloiiljtless  say  :  "  Well  done,  Emma,  you  have  won  tJie 
reward  ;  and,  in  that  reward,  you  have  got  an  actjuisition 
which  will  probably  reverse  your  critical  mother's  opinion, 
and  reconcile  her  at  last  to  the  picture.  With  the  reward 
you  have  also  the  work  which,  construed,  as  it  once  was, 
into  a  '  pai)istical  orgy,'  was  deemed  the  means  which  would 
one  day,  not  very  distant,  burn  up  '  body  and  bones,'  both 
yourself  and  your  parents.  You  have  in  all  this  received  a 
memento  which  will  make  you  love  Mary  for  ever  ;  and  you 
have  increased  in  a  love  for  her  that  will  be  reciprocated  to 
the  full.  But,  gentle,  loving  Emma,  you  know  not,  all  the 
while,  that  you  have  been  turned  into  a  triumph  over  your 
mother  ;  you  know  nothing  of  the  pains  and  vigils  which 
that  mother  has  undergone,  in  endeavoring  to  arrive  at  a 
knowledge  which  is,  after  all,  more  tormenting  than  either 
vigil  or  pain  ;  you  know  not  of  the  frustrated  hopes  which, 
huilt,  as  they  were,  on  what  is  now  your  greatest  pleasure, 
show  in  their  blight  that  uo  similar  hopes  are  possible  u^ai'i 


114 


W  R  1,  I.  !     W  K  1, 1,  1 


CHAPTER  XX. 


A    CONTRAST. 


The  doctor,  wishing  to  take  advantage  of  the  excellent 
opportunity  now  aflbrded  his  daughter,  was  all  for  haviii;r 
Emma  learn  drawing.     The  doctor's  wife,  wishing  to  tak(- 
advantage  of  the  excellent  o])portunity  now  afforded  to  lur 
oi)p(),sition,  was  all  for  having  Ennua  learn  French.     The 
doctor  maintained  that  there  was  now  a  possibility  of  her 
learning  what  he  proposed,  while  there  was  none  of  learnin^r 
what  was  proposed   by  his  wife.     The  doctor's  lady  niaii"- 
tained  that,  as  it  was  now  high  time  for  Enuna  to  beuiii 
French,  and  time  enough  afterwards  to  begin  drawing,  tluTo 
was  no  use  of  keeping  a  governess  who  could  not  teach  the 
particular  branch  which  the  exigencies  of  the  time  re(iuind. 
The  doctor  reminded  his  lady  of  a  wish  which  he  had  IVc- 
(piently  heard  her  express,  viz.,  of  having  Enuna  juit  tu 
drawing ;  and  wanted  to  know  how  it  came  to  pass  tliat 
she  had  so  suddenly  reversed  her  sentiments.     The  doctor's 
lady  informed  her  lord  that,  having  been  assured  by  a  com- 
petent judge    that   the   French   should   take   precedence, 
she  had  changed  her  opinion.     "I  have,"  said  the  doctor! 
"  known  young  ladies  to  devote  their  attention  to  both  tlieso 
departments  at  one  and  the  same  time."     "So  have  I,'' 
rejoined  the  lady  ;  "and  if  you  feel  disposed  to  have  Emma 
thus  instructed,  I  will  have  a  chance  to  see  another  instance 
of  the  kind."     "How  can  that  be  done?"  inquired  tlie 
doctor.     "  Simply,"  replied  the  lady,  "by  discharging  your 
present  governess,  who  is  incapable  of  teaching  both,  and  by 
getting  one  who  will  be  capable." 


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"D'oii 

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manger." 

The  do( 

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About  1 

failed,  mac 

'j'lt  the  pa 

sjK'akhig  vi 

The  doci 

The  fore 

tlie  acciden 

Kliouid  he  n 

As  M'Dc 


lie  cxcollciit 
for  Imviiiir 
iiig  to  tiiki' 
rded  to  lur 
eiicli.     Till' 
lility  of  liir 
of  louriiiiii.' 
lady  iiiMiii- 
a  to  Ix'uiii 
wing,  thcro 
t  teach  the 
\e  reqiiircil. 
he  had  frc- 
nia  put  tu 
pass  that 
he  doctor's 
by  a  com- 
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both  these 
)  have  I," 
ave  Emilia 
3r  instance 
juired  the 
r":in<r  voiir 
th,  and  liy 


A    TA  I.  R.  .     . 

i     > 
"For  mercy's  sate,  com,;  Ihto  (hHarl-  ...:  .  i.  „ 

i.«  off  taward,  the  g«to      ■. ivhnZ        I   ^  ""'^ "  '"'"■• 

_JYou  ,i«,e  rogue,  you  Lave  been  t„lk,-,,„F„,,,,_,,,,„ 
Jfiiry  said,  "  Yes,  a  little  " 

TI.e  .loc'tor  hailed  the  Frenehman  with  "  UilM  „, ,  r  „ 
loinc  back  here."  ""lO,  oM  fellow, 

"  He  does  not  understand  Ei..'lisl, "  =„!,.  ,f  ^ 

doctor  the,,  cried  out:  "Arretez™    '  V    f  !  "'■^-     '^"' 
Tlie  Frenclnuan,  who  Im,  ,e  nrf^o  ,         '    '  ™"''  ''•'■" 

™o.ii.nt,.adeh.„.„y's;:;:;::;-p'''-,,d 

oft  .enezvons?"  said  the  doctor.       ' 
'^■'""'"''"^—''■n.liod  the  stranger 

"  Un  ,r  .'"  ''"°  ™""  "'"'"■''^^ '"  ''■*'»1 '!'«  doctor 
,4:r  O"'^-'  'l-  J»  »»  procure  „ue„„e  !Zo  , 

«.S;::i?:;jn:-^;-;:^,,-M,,.the,„o^^ 

l«"  tl.e  pain  of  hearino.  "1,  ""  '^'■»"«™*i»". 

r         "'  "i.amiir^       with  1  er  own  onra  "  tl.,.  T..-  i.      •  i 

S|>™k.,ig  veritable  voluble  French  *'"'"' 

Tlie  doctor's  delight  it  is  un„eces.,ary  to  describe 
Ihe  fore  o-nor  In'monif  f  ^t.        i  "^  uuntnoe. 

"»  aecident^he  .n  T     ,       "'  ''"''''•'  "'^  "'"  '''«*<"■■     By 
^ougald  and  h,s  lady  were  returning  to  the  sitt!n«- 


»! 


116 


W  E  I,  I,  I     W  K  I,  I,  ! 


room,  tlifi  former  cui.iiiitly  informed  tlie  latter  that  she  could 
now,  if  she  pleased,  Imve  another  instance  of  u  yonng  hidv 
learninfr  French  and  drawing  at  the  same  time. 

"Do    you  call  hers  good   French?"  demanded   Mrs 
M'Dougald. 

"Certaiidy,"  rej»Iied  tlie  doctor. 
"  I'm  of  a  different  opinion,"  observed  the  lady. 
"  What  do  you  find  wrong  in  it?" 
"  She  sjieaks  with  an  Englisli  accent,  and  slie  has  none  of 
the  nasal  sound  whatever." 

"1  think  that  she  has  as  much  of  that  as  it  is  possil.jc  to 
find  in  one  who  is  not  of  French  blood.  I  think,  moreover, 
that  it  would  be  impossible  for  any  one  with  so  pretty  a  littlc 
nose  as  Mary's,  to  get  up  a  more  nasal  twang.  You  must 
remember,  Harriet,  that  the  Frenchman's  was  so  thund.T. 
ingly  big,  as  to  leave  him  under  no  necessity  at  all  to  employ 
the  other  organs  of  articulation.  'Twould  be  hard  tor 
Mary's  nose  to  compete  in  nasal  modulation  with  a  proboscis 
like  his." 

"  It  may  be,"  returned  the  lady  ;  "  but  then  again  she  has 
not  that  action  which  seems  to  be  part  and  parcel  of  the 
language.  If  she  had  learned  French  from  a  comi)eteiit 
master,  she  would  not  be  wanting  in  this  very  characteristic 
accompaniment."  * 

"  Do  you  mean,"  asked  M'Dougald,  laugl)ing,  "  that  she 
has  not  the  pursing  out  of  the  mouth,  the  shrugging  of  the 
shoulder,  the  tossing  of  the  head,  and  all  that  kind  of 
thing  ?" 

"  I  do,"  replied  the  lady. 

"  Well,  really,"  said  the  doctor,  "  I  should  like  to  see 
Emma  an  adept  in  such  antics.  'Tis  a  great  pity  indeed  that 
in  these  particulars  Mary  is  so  very  deficient.  Harriet  !  I 
once  hcai'd  of  a  French  preacher  who  was  so  accomplislad 


slio  could 
JUiij^  lady 


A     r  A  I.  K 


117 


s  norio  cf 

ossiMc  to 
norcovcr, 
ty  a  little 
i'^on  must 
thuudrr- 
to  cnijiloy 
hiinl  for 
[)rol)oscLs 

n  slie  lias 
el  of  the 
3nii)ct('iit 
acteristic 

that  slie 

g  of  the 

kind  of 


e  to  see 
leed  that 
irriet  !  I 
lllpli^ihtil 


;:;.'^i:tt;;r:''''';':i.:::'''^t"''' -n,.,„„. 

»i'''  'l.r,.e  or  four  n„  -e    1    ,  r        T  """  '"''  "«'"""- 
■>'\jump  French  with  a  yeuLmuwo  f     if  .  ^  ^ 

liH'Iady  JicJd  her  peace 

■'  Her  rulfeio,,,  „»  I  oft,.,,  told  yo«  Lefore  " 

..ot  r,.li,Hon."  '  "■'"■■''•  '^''"■"''''' '""'  ■'"•«'^.  «re 

"  Vfs  but  I  feel  convinced  that  she  will  tearh  P,„ 
-yehgion  than  she  wil,  either  ,„„,*,  i;Ll"tdr 


"  In  what  way  ?" 
"In  her  own  Jesuitical  way." 

"  Ha  I  ha  I  and  is  Mary  a  Jesuit,  too  ?     By  J„no  I  h„t 
a  female  Jesuit  is  a  queer  kind  of  am'mal  "  ^  "^ 

Ar.  Alljaw  preach  that  very  thing  "  ^ 

fellow  «;:;^„  I  "TfM-"*' ""'  '"■''  •'■«' 

il?'  w,""  ""  'T."'""  "'™'  "•  ■■"'<•  "^*  "■«  -"  yo»  this  It 

„  ^>^^  '  M,ss  Brinfremp,  at  Colonel  S.vmo,„-»  "         ' 
iou  couldn-t  get  ter,  and  besides,  even  if  yo,,  could  jou 


118 


wellI    well! 


m^ 


would  have  a  stuck-up  thing,  who,  with  all  her  [u-ide  ami 
importance,  kiiows  not  half  as  much  as  Mary.     Let  me  tell 
you,  ilarriet  I  that  you  have  here  a  most  remarkable  girJ, 
one  the  like  of  whom  you  will  never  get  again  if  you  ouco 
lose  her.     With  all  this,  she  is  the  very  essence  of  modesiy. 
She  never  said  a  word  about  her  musical  talent  until  it  w.is 
discovered  by  accident.     She  never  said  a  word  about  her 
skill  ui  painting  until  she  was  forced,  by  the  circumstance 
of  Emma's  picture,  to  make  it  known.     She  never  said  a 
word  about  her  knowledge  of  French,  until  it  was  found 
out  at  the  eleventh  hour.     She  will  probably,  before  luiiu-, 
let  us  see  that  she  speaks  Italian  as  well  as  she  does  any- 
thing else.     Here,  then,  is  a  governess  with  a  sjilendid  ( du- 
cation,  and  with  the  most  unasvsuming  marmer.      What's 
going  to  drive  her  away?     Is  it  a  mere  groundless  api)iv- 
hension  that  she  is  a  nun,  or  what  is  the  height  of  folly  to 
suppos      a  Jesuit?     For  my  own  part,  I  say  that  if 'she 
were  the  General  of  the  Jesuits,  himself,  I  would  not  \Wl 
the   least  uneasy  ;  and  if  she  were  a  nun  of  not  only  ow 
black  veil,  but  two,  ay,  and  twciify,  I  would  be  just  as 
tranquil  as  I  am  at  present." 

"  Oh,  as  for  you,  Allen  !  yon  have  no  religion  at  all,  and, 
consequently,  you  take  Emma's  future  very  quietly." 

"  Bless  my  heart,  Harriet  !  when  did  you  come  down  ? 
If  I'm  not  as  good  a  Christian  as  you,  then  I'll  give  up  the 
whole  argument," 

"  Why,  you  never  go  to  church,  at  any  time  ;  1  go  fre- 
quently." 

"  Church  going,  Harriet  I  is  not  Christianity  by  any 
means.  If  you  require  proof  for  this,  just  look  at  Deacon 
Wilder,  and  'Squire  Dodd,  and  be  convinced  of  what  I  say. 
There's  no  greater  church-goer  than  either  Dorld  or  Wilder, 
and  there's  decidedly  no  worse  Christian  between  the  poles. 


A     TALK. 


119 


Dodd,  for  instance,  will  lend  a  poor  devil  fortv  doll 
cl.ar,e  him  interest  at  the  rate'of  fi^^  .'^0' 't      wr, 
'wdl  swear  a  hole  throudi  a  .fuhn.  '  ^^'^''''' 

1-e  done  in  that  ehar.e'ti:::  f;,:;;  'Z'^  ''  ^'^^  ^^ 
Parson  Lawson,  and  he  will  lie  lik  lid  T  '  T'^' 
]i<ithof  the^e  church  jroers   L   ,^  "'^  '""'■^''^• 

-Un,e.e^Snn4^::/%~--^"--^ 
calh'ng  nnon  their  Oorl  f.  1   •       x,     ^""^'"^'^  ^^  a  prajvr 

ti"T  are  not  like  „«  ^n    ,       '^'''"^  "'"■*'"«  l>™™,  th„t 

wherein  it  lies "  "^  '  '^^  "'^  ^<^e 

"ation  to  preserve  protestantism  in  her  child    and 
-If  «n.,  her  l.uslVa'd  '"''''"™  "^"'^»  "f  "^''- 

„  '^'"'  *""  mean  what  you  say  » 


G;rn!;«r/-.:-»:^''«^rprof, 


an^  to  hate  the  deviL     For 


""'i^'rstaud  how  it  is  that 


thi: 


t^muir  to  lovo 


s  reason,  I 


euinidt 


'ou  have  such  a  lasUn-  dread  of 


\ 


120 


well!    w  p:  l  l  ! 


tlieni  :  I  have  only  to  suppose  that  you  fear  them  hk  idv 
from  prejudice  ;  and  if  so,  I  must  say  that  I  wisli,  for  vunr 
owu  sake,  Harriet  !  your  mother  had  not  suckled  you  witii 
such  milk." 

'*  I  wouldn't  be  surprised  if  you  would  soon  be  a  eon- 
Tert." 

"  Perhaps  I  am  just  as  well  as  I  am.  I  believe  that  a  inaii 
can,  in  any  religion  purporting  to  be  Christian,  secure  \u, 
salvation,  just  as  he  can  keep  himself  warm  in  clothes  of  aiiv 
color  ;  but  as  people  of  all  denominatiotus,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Catholics,  do,  generally  speaking,  as  far  as  I  can  m, 
break  iii  practice  the  commandments  which  they  hold  in 
theory.  I  am  inclined  to  look  upon  Catholics  as  the  only  oiks 
who  have  about  them  any  of  the  reality  of  true  religioiL  I 
was  never  brought  up  to  any  i)articular  creed  myself— con- 
sequently I  follow  no  particular  form,  but  I  hiteiid  to 
examine,  before  I  die,  upon  which  of  those  spiritual  racks  I 
shall  hang  my  bonnet." 

Mrs.  M'Dougald,  who  was  all  this  time  "nursing  litr 
wrath  to  keep  it  warm,"  and  vowing  within  herself  treMe 
determination  to  get  rid  of  Mary,  merely  said — "  Go  on.'' 

Here  temiinated  the  conversation. 

M'Dougald  rose  up,  and  going  liis  way,  did  not  think  of 
prosecuting  the  hiquiry  as  to  which  "  rack"  had  the  h>i 
right  to  his  bonnet. 

The  poor  doctor  1  many  'a  one  is  like  him  in  this  dis- 
tracted world  of  om*s.  "  We'll  all  know,  by  ajid  by,"  a 
phrase  by  which  he  always  banishes  the  doubt  that  oooa- 
sionally  rises  in  his  mind,  is  the  saddest  truth  that  he  could 
select  for  his  consolation,  "  Now  is  the  day,  and  now  i> 
the  hoiK,"  not  by  and  by.  The  time  for  work,  for  inquirf 
is  now — by  and  by  will  be  the  time  for  rest  and  enjoy- 
ment. 


Bu 

uearlj 
was  w 
iiiatioi 
Piira^l 
as— al 
Eve? 
throng' 
of  the 
the  son 
very  fe 
f'ossesst 
Jiig  win 
mging 


While 

holding  i 

on  the  go 

Bt'll  and 

other  plac 

"Mary, 

'nake  out 

that  you'v( 

pond  langu 

^olks  laugh 

"  'Tis  no 


horn  iiK  n  !v 
isli,  for  vunr 
(id  you  Willi 

I  be  a  coil- 

e  that  a  man 
I,  secure  ho 
Dtliee  of  aiiv 
the  excep- 
as  I  can  sir, 
they  hold  in 
he  only  oiiis 
rehgioii.  I 
nyself— con- 
[  uitoiid  to 
tual  racks  I 


A    TALE 


121 


But  why  soliloquize  thus  ?     I«  nnt  h 
-early  a.  i.„ora„t  of  truth  anrl  '  '"''^'^'   '"-^^^^^'' 

i--oas  Of  so,:f':::}^^^:{:i^^  f^  ^^^^^  aud  aw 

IWli.e,  Christhuuty-that  ^^        ,,;, ^  "l^  ^'^  --^ 
as-^hno8t  as  widely  blasted  nVf      ,  ^'"''"''  «^^^'« 

I^ve  ?    The  so-called'  CtttKrio:!  r  ^^'^^^^       "'  ''''''  ^"'^^ 
throu,^hout-the  bloon  o  ,        ''  '"  *"'"^^'^'^  ''^»<J  ^ost 

0^  the  Gospe,  i.  It     Jelt;^;  ^;r- 

the  souff  of  hearts,  once  n     "  T  "''^^^'  '^'^'"'^^  ^■^'- 

very  few-^the  odor  of  V  '^''^^^ '"'"^' ''^  '^-'^^  ''7 
r-.es.ed,  is  a  rar ^  a  .^  ''  1''^''  ''''  ^-'^^^  once 
ing  wind  of  manv't'h  u  ;  d  ^"''  ^'^^  ^-^'"^^  ^^-lat- 
-«  antecedent  J::---;;n^^^^ 


nursHig  iitr 
erself  treble 
■"  Go  on;' 

lot  think  of 
id  the  l)t'5t 

in  til  is  dis- 
and  by,"  a 
,  that  00(8' 
lat  he  could 
and  now  is 
;,  for  iiiquirf 
;  and  eujov- 


CHAPTER  XXI. 

LANGUAGE    AND    CREED. 

While  the   doctor  nnri   i-  , 

"»'<"".  in  the  ooe  ;„?,!:  r'"^"^^'*  arouse  wore 

-  '1.0  goodness  and  Z^Vm   '"T""  *""-'»- 

B;il  and  Je„„y„ere  hoIdLabi   '^     """''■  ^""^ '""' 
other  place.  ^     •"'  °^  conversation  in  an- 

"'7o„Vejestbee„"li^: t/^'  ^;;'  ,7'^^',  "■"^".  -n/r„, 
r«>Nd  language  as  ,l,a,  ar  hi!  DetcH  '  ""'~™^'" "  '''- 
f'"  » lan.h  their  eyes  out,  liJtenfe'  to  i  '  "  '™"'''  '"  """^ 

^-o'I'".oh,Be„,.saidMar,;'h,.tFreneh» 


'I  J 


122 


well!   well! 


"  Six  of  one,  and  half  dozen  of  t'other— I  gnoss  thar  ain't 
a  groat  sight  difference  in  the  two.     Is  there,  Mary  V 
"  Yes,  Bell,  a  vast  difference.*' 

"  If  there  is,  it's  hard  to  see  it,  I  reckon.    It  seems  to  nie 
to  be  all  spitter,  spatter,  clash  and  clatter,  like  I  don't  know 
what  all.    What,  think  you,  did  it  sound  to  me  like  ?  Well, 
'twas  for  all  the  world  like  the  gabbliu'  of  a  flock  of  geese 
goin'  out  of  a  mud-puddle,  stretchin'  out  their  necks,  and 
one  says  '  goosy,'  and  another  says  '  gander,'  and  then  all 
jine  in,  and  the  hull  country  finds  out  there's  to  be  a  rain- 
storm in  the  mornin'.     It  seems  to  me  like  that  'ar  for  nil 
the  world.     Say,  Mary,  won't  you  laru  me  some  French  T 
"  'Tis  pretty  difficult.  Bell." 
"  So  you  don't  think  I  couldn't  come  it,  then  ?" 
"  You  would,  Bell,  after  some  time." 
*'  Well,"  exclaimed  the  Yankee  girl,  wondering  at  hor- 
Belf,  "  the  idea  of  m  talkin'  French— pompy,  donsy,  fronsy. 
What  are  you  laughin'  at,  old  ppavin  ?"  said  she,  addressing 
Jemmy,  who  happened  to  be  amusing  himself  at  her  expense. 
"  Get  up  on  your  spindles,  and  let  i .  hear  a  taste  of  Irish. 
Mary,  do  you  know  Irish,  too  ?     Doesn't  it  go  this  way— 
.crough,  brough,  blorough,  and  doesn't  the  French  go,  ding, 

dong,  doolaro  ?" 

"  Be  my  sowl  I"  cried  Jemmy,  straightening  himself  out, 
•*  the  Irish  longage  Is  as  good  as  the  Frinch,  any  day,  and 
a  divilish  dale  betther,  too— tisn't  that  I  sos  it,  or  has  it  to 
say,  but  becase  it's  the  God's  truth,  so  it  is.  Arrah  !  'tLs 
raeself  that  offen  hard  the  rail  ould  Irish  spoke  in  style,  and 
I  wish  to  the  Lard  I  was  there  this  minit  where  I  hard  it, 
and  had  a  thousand  dollars  in  my  washte-coat  pocket,  'tis 
I  that  wouldn't  care  about  the  Frinch,  or  the  cowld  country 
of  America  aither,  sorry  a  one  iv  me  would.  Mauy's  the 
lime  I  hard  Father  Mulhern  praychin'  in  Irish     i  never 


hard  a 

not.     } 

ill  wan 

on  the 

liiin  to 

he  didii 

a  dry  ej 

Thatwa 

Ireland 

Irish  is 

has  mor( 

to  say  a 

wjiich  w 

frive  a  sp 

Irish.    A 

every  Jia; 

and  Jan 

till  next  . 

Star  of  ]!l 

knilt  dow 

I  stood  u] 

me,  who  t 

and  ses  I 

here,  ses  ] 

you  talkii 

niv  ravson 

I  was  nei 

God  is  eve 

rayson  tha 

and  I  didi 

soon." 

Bell,  thi; 
hijii:    "H( 


A    TALE 


123 


hard  a  sarmon  to  aqual  Vm  ,si„ce,  and  timfs  no  lie,  tro.l,  U's 
not.  \V,,s ha  he  was  wan  day  givm'  a  station  at  U.lKvn.ss 
...  »^n  Bat  Mu,i,  y',s  house,  and  you  eould  hoar  a  pu',  fawl 
t  e  ure  w.d  the  silence  that  was  u.  it.  I  eouldu't  see 
.,.n  to  ny  ,Ja,seme„t,  so  I  got  up  „„  top  of  a  ehair,  an.,  if 
ho  d,du't  saffen  ,ny  heart,  'tis  a  quare  sto,,'.    Ther^  wasn't 

Ihat  »a.  the  man  that  eould  spalce  Irish,  and  show  ye's  what 
ro  and  ,s.     Shure  the  Frineh  is  „othin'  to  the  Irish     The 
In.*  IS  the  o,ddest  lon^nge  in  the  world,  aud  one  word  iv  it 
has  more  manin-  in  it  than  fifty  Frineh  ones.    There's  no  one 
to  say  agmst  that.     If  ye's  wore  to  ask  Father  Mnll„.n, 
wh,eh  was  the  test,  I'd  watrant  ye  he'd  say  he  wonhln't 
pve  a  sp,t  out  ,v  his  tnouth  for  the  Frineh,  long  side  iv  the 
Insh.    And  maybe  he  wasn't  a  judge.    He  knew  the  Frineh 
every  haypurt  a«  well  as  he  knew  the  Irish,  and  II„vl,rew 
and  Jarmin,  and  everytldng  else  ye  eould  think  iv  from  th'^ 
II  next  Aister.     And  by  the  same  token  he  was  ealled  the 
fetarof  Munster.     Whin  he  was  done  his  sarmon,  we  all 
...  t  down  on  the  dure,  but  myself  knilt  upon  the  ehair  that 
I  stood  upon  before,  and  there  was  a  erass  awlawne  behind 
me  who  told  me  to  kneel  down  like  the  rest  iv  the  neighbors  ■ 
and'ses  I  to  him,  I  will  not.  shure  I'm  as  near  to  heave.; 
he.'e  ses  I  as  you  are  there,  and  nearer,  too,  and  what  are 
von  talkm'  about,  man  ?  ses  I.    That's  what  I  sod      But 
my  rayson  for  kneelhi'  where  I  did,  wasn't  that  I  thouo-ht 
I  was  nearer  to   heaven  there  than  anvwhcre  eke    for 
(.od  ,s  everywhere,  blessed  be  his  holy  name  ;  but  for  the 
ravson  that  I  had  on  a  new  pair  of  breoehes  that  mor.Jn' 

and  I  didn't  want  to  have  the  knee.s  wore  out  iv  'em  tJ, 

soon." 

Bell,  thiukiucr  Jemmy's  speech  rather  long,  cried  out  to 
^"u :      Here,  away  out  of  this  with  your  nonsense    and 


124 


well!    w  e  l  l  I 


fetclj  us  a  Ijiicket  of  water,  and  shut  up  y  .»ur  clatter-pan, 
you  old  bhuMerum  skite  you," 

Jemrny's  dissertation  on  the  learned  languages  was  thus 
pereini)torily  cut  short. 

In  tlicsc  two  individuals,  Jemmy  and  Bell,  we  have  a 
spwimen  of  the  Irish  peasant  and  the  American  peasiitit. 
The  conversation  of  the  latter,  bold,  rollicking,  and  reckl.'s>, 
is  the  best  criterion  of  what  is  the  religious  spirit  that  per- 
vades all  persons  of  her  class.     She  has  about  her  not  a 
particle  of  Christian  faith  ;  she  is  totally  blind  to  the  rea- 
sonableness of  holding  to  any  Christian  observance  ;  she  is 
a  being  upon  whose  mind  the  light  of  the  Gospel  seems 
never  to  have  even  dawned  ;  in  the  midst  of  a  country  with 
its  thousands  of  spires,  she  is  as  if  she  lived,  since  her  in- 
fancy, in  the  depth  of  a  wilderness  ;  and  she  perseveres  in  a 
course  which  seems  to  indicate  that  she  knows  nothing  what- 
ever of  the  history  of  redemption,  or  of  the  hope  of  the  world 
that  is  to  come.     Although  in  this  story  all  such  language 
is  studiously  suppressed,  yet  it  is  true  that  by  her  God's  most 
holy  name  is  taken  in  vain,  with  as  much  indifference  as  if 
there  were  no  commandment  forbidding  such  a  practice. 
By  her,  no  thanks  is  given  to  that  God  under  any  circnm- 
stances  whatever.     For  her,  there  is  no  charm  in  a  church  ; 
for  her,  everything  like  prayer  is  a  folly  or  a  burden.    Like 
the  beast  of  the  field  she  rise3  from  her  bed  in  the  mornina-, 
and,  without  making  the  least  offering  of  her  heart  to  her 
Maker,  she  hurries  to  her  breakfast.     Like  the  beast  of  the 
field,  she  tumbles  into  bed  in  the  evening,  never  once  raising 
her  eyes  to  heaven. 

O  preachers  of  Protestantism  !  what  do  you  mean,  when 
you  talk  of  the  ignorance  of  Popery,  and  of  the  enlighten- 
ment of  your  own  strange  creed  ?  Where  is  this  light  i\\y 
parent  m  the  majority  of  your  young  men  and  young  womeu 


A    T  A  I.  E 


1-25 


t  u«  countrj.  ?  I.  „ot  B.II  „.  ,.,l,Vious  „,„,l  „.  ,<„„„,,,,„,,. 
a  10  a,,  any  o  h,.  >.l„,ss  ?  What  .!„  ,„..,■  k,„.w  „r  ^.i 
Cln-,rt,,.„    truths?     Do   tl„.y,  like  yo„„.   Cntl.olic    ,t 

1  .a>,k.s  be  to  Gocl  r    X„.     Wh.u  such,  the.    arc  ,  It 
<1.™  »„,.k.,,  whore  i,s  their  knowledge,  the  ■  li^llt  v    t';, 
o,.e  o„   0  every  ten  of  tl,em  tell  you  of  the  Trh^.y  ,     c,m 
one  out  of  every  teu  of  them  tell  you  how  ,„„„y  God,  tL 
re,  and  how  ,na„y  persons  in  the  Godhead  ?    They  1  „ 
a^..o-  ly  been  asked  these  neeessary  ..uestions,  L„    th  ! 
avc    eldo,n  been  able  to  a,>sw,.r  them.     Whe  e,  then   is 
l.e,r    ,ght,  and  why  should  you  boast  as  you  do  ?    They 
k..ow   he,r  names,  and  they  k.ow,  too,  that 'twas  "their 
gdfathers  and  godmothers »  who  gave  them  those  „a,„es 
laey  „,ay  know,  too,  who  was  Abrahan,,  and  who  was 
I«.ac.  and  who  was  Jaeob.     They  may  know  who  was  t 
roiigest  man  n,  times  ,,ast,  and  who  was  the  oldest.     Fr„n 
l.cse  very«»e„,«/  truths  (whieh,  by  the  way,  arc  found 
^.c  Protcvs  ant  catechism)  they  nnght  be  ible  to  answ 

ak    to  nake  a  jacket  for  Goliah  V    But  to  keep  pace 
«..h  tins  then.  Jewish,  where  is  their  Christian  knowLd'e  ? 

Take  promiscuously  from  the  crowd  a  dozen  of  the  Pro- 
estant  world,  and  a  dozen  of  the  Catholic,  and  see  Z 
;.ow.s  more  about  Christ,  and  his  „,«stles,  a  out  God  Id 
-  attr,butes,  about  the  real  duties  of  ,„an  in  this  life  , 
.  destmy  m  the  next.  And  yet  this  is  the  ,e,„nne  k„o:! 
M  e  tl„s  ,   the  only  true  cnlighten.nent.     The  knowled.^e 

o»  '.  "'«  g!ory  of  steam  an,l  electricity,  and  the  wav  to 


t'oodcn  liams  and  iiutmogs,  and  th 


convorsations  with  the  spirits  of  the  damned-the 


10  means  of  hold  in'-- 
se,  alas  I 


126 


V,  E  I,  I-  !     W  E  I.  I,  ! 


make  up  the  liglit  and  the  liberty  of  the  "glorious  reforma- 
tion." 

Ill  tlie  conversation  of  Jemnny  we  have  the  best  criterion 
of  what  is  the  religious  spirit  that  ])ervades  all  persons  of 
his  class.  Quaint  and  curious  as  this  conversation  is,  and 
though  now  and  then  garnished  with  an  ofl'ensive  ei>itli('f, 
it  has  about  it  an  evidence  of  faith,  a  practical  love  of  reli- 
gion, a  thankfulness  for  God's  good  gifts,  which,  while  thoy 
fully  show  the  Christianity  of  the  one  class,  make  a  fine  con- 
trast with  the  heathenism,  the  nihilism  of  the  other. 

Jemmy  will,  if  possible,  be  every  Sunday  at  chapel.  If 
he  cannot  read,  he  will  surely  have  those  beads  on  which  ho 
will  repeat  the  prayers  which  remind  him  of  a  Saviour's  lovo 
and  passion.  Should  he  ha})pen,  as  he  sometimes  does,  to 
take  a  glass  too  much,  he  will  have  a  conscience  which  con- 
stantly whis[>ers  to  him  that  he  has  done  something  which 
he  must  as  (juickly  as  possible  remove  from  his  soul. 

At  night,  he  will  not,  lest  he  may  die  before  morniiig, 
neglect  to  kne(''  down  and  beg  of  his  God  to  bring  him  safe 
to  another  day.  At  morning,  he  will  not,  lest  he  may  meet 
with  some  misfortune  before  night,  neglect  to  kneel  agaii,, 
and  beg  of  God  to  lead  him  safe  through  the  dangers  of  the 
day.  If,  at  times,  he  blunders  out,  "Be  my  sowl,"  or 
"  The  divil  go  wid  you,"  he  never  fails,  when  anything  sur- 
prises or  rtyoices  him,  to  say,  with  all  sincerity  and  devotion, 
"  The  Lord  be  praised,"  or  "  Thanks  be  to  God."  This 
hitter  act — thanksgiving — he  makes,  not  only  when  he  re- 
ceives what  is  pleasing  to  flesh  and  blood,  but  also  when  lie 
receives  the  very  contrary.  If  he  be  questioned  about  the 
dogmas  of  his  church,  he  may  not  be  able  to  maintain  them 
scripturally,  but  he  knows  the  idea — he  will  enunciate  tlio 
naked  truth.  Neither  is  it  impossible  for  him  sometimes  to 
show  sliould  he  be  hard  nressed.  even  substantial  proofs  for 


A    TALE.  J27 

What  1.0  believes.     For  iastui.ce,  he  may,  some  day,  be  toM 
hy  l>arso,i  Canter,   whom  he  happen,   to  meet,  that  the 
m.,,iMl  \  irgm  was  no  better  a  woman  than  Mrs  Canter 
^^v  niotiier.    Jemmy  will  be  aj.t  to  tell  him,  as  a  certain 
Jeimiiy  has  before  now  told  a  certain  Mr.  Canter  that  "I 
am  no  scollard,  plai-    your  Ilivrence,  and  I'm  not  abh'  to 
sjmke  tt>  a  jintleman  like  you  ;  all  I  can  say  is  this  that  I 
cloii't  know  a  great  dale  alx3ut  the  difference  betlume  the 
tuo  mothers,  but  by  th,  hokey,  I'm  sartain  an<l  shure  that 
there's  a  mighty  difference  intii-ely  bethmic  the  two  sons  " 

Of  the  practical  piety  of  Jemmy,  in  "storm  as  well  as  in 
shiue,  we  have  furnLshe<i  us  what  we  will  relate,  an  anec- 
dote, w  uch,  though  it  will  show  that  good  works  are  some- 
tinies  without  merit,  will  neverthele,s.s  sufficiently  illustrate 
the  religious  /uibits  of  the  Irish  jjoasantry. 

A  native  of  the  Cauadas,   with  a  religion  like  Bell's 
was  one  night  in  company  with  J,>mmy,  indulging  in  the 
1  c^asores  of  the  bottle.     Both  worthies  drank  away  mitil 
they  could  not  tell  a  cow  IVom  a  haystack.     They  were  to 
•slH-p  m  a  room  which  had  a  M  for  each,  and,  when  the 
'"^"i-  for  retiring  had  come,  they  made  their  way  to  their 
ivspectiye  couches   as  well  as  they  could.    Jemmv.  who 
blow  high,  blow  low,"  never  omitted  his  prayer^  went 
•l'^^^'»  uix)n  his  knees,  and  was  exceedingly  devout      His 
'ompanion,   as  wai^^his  custom,  rolled  under  the  blankets 
>v.t  .out  any  preparation.     When  Jemmy  had  made  an  end 
ofhis  orisons,  he  asked  the  other  whether  he  wa^  in  bed  or 
"«t.  and  having  been  answered  in  the  affirmative,  asked 
agaia  whether  he  had  said  his  prayers. 

"  Prayers  be ,»  resi^uded  the  other 

"Get  up  out  of  that,  like  a  baste  that  you  are,  and  s.xy 
your  i.ravers  like  a  Christian."  ^ 


'  Go  to  the  d-— 1,  you  and 


your  prayers. 


128 


W  K  L  L  !     W  F  I,  L  I 


t* 


"Como,  irct  up  this  luiiiit,  I  toll  you,  or  I'll  draii-  you  i.i.: 
by  tho  scruir  iu  tlit;  ucck,  you  ImytliL'U  ;  1  woulilu't  slfrp  iu 
the  same  room,  nor  uuder  the  same  roof,  with  sueli  a  dirty 
lirute." 

The  man  in  the  bed  made  no  re[)ly. 

"  Are  you  goin'  to  get  out  of  that,  and  say  your  prayers, 
or  are  you  not  V  asked  Jemmy,  determinedly. 

"  I'm  d — d  if  I  do,"  persisted  the  incorrigible  comrade 

"  Thona  mon  deoul !"  roared  Jemmy,  seeing  that  nothing 
but  physical  force  could  bring  his  man  from  the  bed,  and  ,so 
saying  he  lustily  laid  hold  of  him  and  pulled  him  out.  The 
conquered  comrade,  perceiving  that  Jemmy  was  a  stronj,^, 
smart  junk  of  a  fellow,  did  not  offer  any  resistance. 

"  Say  your  prayers  now,  and  do  as  you  ought." 

"  I  don't  know  any." 

"The  Lord  be  praised  I  and  is  that  the  tnith  you're 
afther  tellin'  me  ?  Didn't  your  father  or  your  mother  tache 
you  V 

"  No." 

"  Oh,  to  be  sure,  what  a  haythin  country  I  Well,  fro 
down  there  an  your  knees,  you  misfortuuate  man,  and  Til 
tache  you  what  you  ought  to  lam  long  ago." 

Jenmiy  drew  over  his  chair,  and  got  his  companion  to 
kneel  before  him.  The  scholar  commenced,  "  Til — lay~i\\^ 
body—" 

"  What's  that  you're  sayin'  V 

"  I'll  lay  my  body  down  to  rest,"  the  sinner  had  about 
time  to  say,  when  Jemmy  bewilderedly  shouted  out,  "Stop, 
man  I  that's  not  the  way  at  all.  Come,  bless  yourself  first, 
make  the  sign  of  the  cross  upon  your  forehead,  and  thou  go 
an." 

Thus  saying,  Jemmy  took  his  comrade  by  the  hand,  and 
made  him  regularly  sign  himself  m  the  name  of  the  Father, 


A     T  A  r,  K. 


«tc.— then,  h 


>  n^v.nnr  p)t  J,i,„  throuM-i,  th,  L,„,| 


tlio  "  Hail  Mary,"  d 
(io  for  this  turn,  and 
iiiiiuo  of  God." 


i«in:.s.sed  his 


"OH'  go  to  bed  Jik 


«  pniycr,  and 


P"I"'I  hy  «uying,  "Tliarii 


e  a  Chri.siij 


ill  ill  Iho 


lanioii  to 


CHAPTKR  XXII. 

MELODV    AM)    MOURNIxg. 

Kmma  had  now  been  several   umuih^  foi-       , 
drawi.u.  and  French   nn.I  u  "^'"^   ^^'^^o"«  '"n 

'"- ":"" '"-« -"<i""-d  trials  .'iMViuTrr' 

"ore  hruusbt  upon  !,„  I,y  the  I.Ur,,!     '  ^         1      '"''''• 
'"^omty  or  t„e  n,,u.e^  of;:!:!''"'""^^'  """  '"""*• 

-Mrs.  M'Dou^W,  who  could  never  say  ■'  d,v  -  „ 
l«^everh.g  as  over  h,  her  efforts  ,o  „et  r  1  of  th  "' 

»""  '^f'  """""g  ".ulonc  that  was  o^  o  ,    ted  to    r^'T"' 
siK-ccss.    Kvery  new  diseovery  made  o    M„,  •         *'     ""'" 
-■".%  only  served  to  rouse  up  Z    ladv  tr/lT""'"'"'- 
"f  exertion  agah.st  .he  objee   T^^V^'"'^,  '"'^:'' 
«"s  ascertained  by  the  doctor  and  n    .    ,       ^      ^'""  " 
"•-  -Mary  could  L.2r     'h::*  rhtbv'T"  ?  ""  "'^' 
l.i^  words  when  he  said  that    ,  Xb  y       fe  I    "V'T''^'''"*^ 
"^■ll  aa  she  knew  a„ythi„„  els  '"the  ie'  ■  '""'"'"  "^ 

made  nodung  of  it  LlJ    ',         "'"■''""("•'"""■^"le  woman 

el.ol.T  of  an  Aehills  ''      '  """"'''^  '"'™^''  »'"'  '!'« 

.»:*  ItM^Lf  ™*'  "''™  'f'^   *''»-^-'"'«  case 
'uiput  (;e  saiu  to  have  arrlve^ii  of  +i    4.      • 

••^"^1  when  the  stenm  nf  '^  ^^'"^  I^'"^  called  a  crisis, 


130  \vv,  i.i. !   WF.  1.1. ! 

Mary  an.l  Ktn.na  wont  out  to  take  an  ovcMiin-  walk.     Th« 
<lav  was  Suuaay,  aial  a  111,^1.  Festival  of  the  Church  hesul. 
Ou  their  way  they  happened  to  be  passinj?  a  Oathohe  ehap.-l, 
the  .looi  of  which  was  open.     K.nnia  ran  np  to  the  dm.r 
ana  perceiving'  that  the  altar  was  all  l.rilliautly  lit  up,  M 
Mary  to  accompany  her  in.     Mary  w..uia  be  rejmce.l  to 
comply  with  the  request,  but  fearini?  that  any  ba.l  cons.^ 
,nu>nce  might  come  of  it,  she  rc-luctantly  refused.     She  wa. 
walkinjr  Hwav,  and  biddinj,^  Emma  follow  her,  when  t ho 
child  beir-ed*  her  to  come  back,  and  go  with  her  mto  the 
chapel    ^  Mary  then  complied.     They  went  in,  and  just  as 
ihey  entered,  a  long  train  of  priests  and  atten.hints,  all  dresse.l 
in  white,  came  slowly  into  the  sanctuary,  iilling  the  wholo 
place.     They  knelt  for  a  few  moments  before  the  altar,  and 

then  entoned  vespers.  „   i      , 

"The  deep,  majestic,  solemn"  organ  presently  rolled  out, 
wave  upon  wave,  gorgeous  music,  that  shook  the  very  build- 
ing Then  again  it  changed,  and  poured  out,  like  cehoos 
from  afar,  symphonies  so  sweet,  and  low,  an.l  thrilling,  as 
the  harp  of  night  makes  when  touched  by  the  fingers  ot  the 
fairy  summer  winds.  Then  once  more  changing,  it  would 
send  forth  all  the  thunder  of  its  deep  diapasons,  m  peals 
glorious,  jubilant,  and  trium})hant. 

What  a  power  is  there  in  music  1  Warbled  at  evening 
across  the  calm,  clear  waters  of  some  lake  or  sea,  it  has  ft 
fascination  that  cannot  be  described.  Listen  to  a  song  of 
sorrow  comimr  thus,  and  in  it  hear  the  plaint  of  some  ban 
ished  angel  wailing  for  the  heaven  it  has  lost.  Let  the 
note  be  changed  to  that  of  joy.  and  in  it  hear  the  pa^an  ot 
that  spirit  recalled,  rejoi(  Ing  in  the  heaven  it  has  regainc.1 

It  is  in  the  splendid  music  of  the  Catholic  Church,  which 
is  unrivalled,  that  this  power,  equally  talismamc  for  sorrow 
or  jov.  is  particularly  felt  and  acknowledged.    Who  that 


A    T  \ 


\:n 


,k.  Tlx- 
li  hcsidt'. 
c  dmjM'l, 
the  door, 
ip,  askt<l 
joifcd  to 
id  consf- 
Sho  was 

iVlu'tl     til'.' 

into  tlu' 
d  just  OS 
dl  diTsscd 
the  wholo 
altar,  iiiid 

'ollod  out, 
fcry  build- 
ike  echoes 
irillinjT,  ih 
;ers  of  the 
',  it  would 
3,  in  pealH 

at  evening 
;a,  it  has  a 
I  a  sonji:  of 

some  l)ii:> 
;.     Let  the 
lie  pa?an  of 
1  rejj^aiiu'd. 
urch,  which 
I  for  sorrow 

Who  that 


p»er  heard  the  melody  udaptcd  to  the  Passion,  and  snii^'  oij 
Good  Friday,  could  listen  and  not  weep  ! 

The  Vespers  were  soon  over,  and  the  iK'nediction  of  the 
IJlessed  Sacrament  was  about  to  be  piven.  Additional 
i;,i,dits  added  their  lustre  to  the  already  refidjrent  altar.  The 
"remonstrance,"  containing?  the  Lamb  without  s|)ot,  was 
set  up  ;  clouds  of  irwensc  rolled  from  the  censers  ;  and 
priests  and  people,  stoopin«?  down  sinndtaneously,  adored, 
siivinj?  as  they  bowed:  "Thou  art  worthy,  O  Lord!  to 
receive  power,  and  honor,  and  ^rlory^  and  benediction  for 
ever  and  ever."  Then  came  the  thrilling  "Tantnin  Er^o," 
so  venerable,  so  old.  so  solemn,  infusing  into  every  heart  a 
deeper  devotion  still,  and  preparing  the  faithful  worshippers 
for  the  Man-God's  blessing  now  to  be  imparted.  Clouds  of 
incense  once  more  went  up  ;  and  those  prayers,  of  which 
that  incense  was  the  emblem,  ascended  as  fervently.  Then, 
for  the  last  time,  changed  the  organ  its  slow  and  deei>toned 
chant,  and  pealed  forth  the  joyous  "  Laudate  Dominnm"  in 
such  strains  as  filled  every  soul  with  the  thought,  that  "one 
day  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  is  better  than  a  thousand  in 
the  palaces  of  princes." 

"  0  Mary  I  dear  Mary  !"  exclaimed  Emma,  when  both 
had  come  out  from  the  church,  "  was  not  that  beautiful,  was 
it  not  heavenly  ?  I  never  felt  i!i  ma's  meeting-house  as  I 
felt  there.  What  was  the  cause,  Mary  ?  When  the  mi  Jster 
put  that  silver  i  gold  candlestick  upon  the  place  where 
the  flowers  and  lights  stood,  I  could  not  speak  for  the  world  ; 
and  when  all  the  ministers  and  people  knelt  down  and  bowed, 
and  the  sweet  smoke  floated  all  round,  and  the  organ  played 
that  beautiful  tune,  which,  like  thunder  in  the  distance,  was 
so  awfully  deep,  yet  soft,  I  was  scarcely  able  to  breathe. 
Tell  me,  Mary  dear,  the  meaning  of  all  that,  and  when  I 
?et  home  I  will  tell  ma." 


132 


well!   well! 


Mary  told  her  all  about  the  ceremony  and  service,  but 
could  not,  or  would  not  explain  for  her,  why  it  was  that 
she  felt  so  overpoMered, 

If  Emma's  mother  had  been  there,  she  would,  no  doubt, 
being  uiuible  to  appreciate  it,  laugh  the  whole  to  scorn  ;  but 
this  would  not  be  surprising,  for  "  God  hides  some  thing's 
from  the  wise  and  prudent,  aud  reveals  them  to  little  ones." 

Mary  told  Emma  not  to  mention  to  her  mother  anythinix 
about  the  matter,  but  Emma,  so  full  of  the  recollection  of 
what  she  had  just  witnessed,  and  so  absorbed  in  the  thought, 
that,  either  not  observing  Mary's  counsel,  or  forgetting  it, 
iunnediately  on  her  entering  the  house,  informed  her  njother 
of  the  whole  affair. 

"  O  dear,  ma  !"  she  began,  "I  was  in  the  Catholic  cha|Kl 
this  afternoon,  and  saw  the  prettiest  place  I  ever  saw  in 
my  life." 

The  mother,  perfectly  alarmed,  cried,  "  Why,  Emma  ! 
were  you  so  wicked  as  to  go  into  such  a  horrible  place  ? 
Was  it  Mary  that  took  you  there  ?" 

"  ISo,  ma  I  no,  Mary  did  not  want  me  to  go  in  at  iill. 
But  we  were  passing  by,  and  seeing  the  door  open,  and  find- 
ing such  a  beautiful  \)\ace,  I  persuaded  Mary  to  take  me  in. 

"  O  Emma  I  you  naughty  girl,  I  am  astonished  at  yon, 
and  I  have  a  great  mind  to  chastise  you  severely.  Did  yon 
not  know  that  it  was  a  Popish  house,  and  that  Popery  is 
the  religion  of  the  devil  ?  Fie  upon  you,  fie — let  me  never 
again  find  you  guilty  of  such  a  dreadful  misdemeanor." 

Here  the  lady  burst  into  tears,  as  she  cried  :  "  See  what 
pain  you  have  caused  your  dear  mother,  see  how  wretched 
and  miserable  you  make  her  I" 

"  O  ma  1  don't  cry,  and  I  will  never  go  there  again," 
said  the  child,  throwing  her  arms  about  her  mother's  neck, 
"ba 


"On 

it,  you  \ 
Tliis  \ 
any  reas 
trinated 
such  a  b 

this  insts 

The  (1 

tciirs  roll 

llniTiet? 

Tile  hi 

articulate 

(■lo(|uonce 

it  highly. 

When 

very  little 

The  lad 

ness,  blaz< 

almost  enl 

Perfect 

iiig  his  da 

fry  any  mi 

patted  hei 

father's  af 

"  A  pre 

your  child, 

to  eiiconra 

"  Now, 

hard — don' 

into  that  ci 

am  sure  tli 


A    TALE 


133 


"  But  what  r  pettislily  askf-d  tlie  motlior. 

"  0  ma  I  it  is  such  a  beantilul  plact.,  that  if  v«3u  o  ily  saw 
ir,  you  would  like  it  yourself." 

Tiiis  was  insufferable  ;  a.ul  Mrs.  M'Dou^ral.l,  who.  without 
any  reason  in  the  world,  concluded  that  Euima  was  iudoc- 
try.atod  with  Mary's  rolifrious  views,  ^^ave  the  innocc.t  ccirl 
such  a  blow  across  the  cheek  as  nude  her  weep  bitterly  " 

;  Take  that,  you  bad  -irl,"  said  she,  "  and  leave  the  room 
this  mstant." 

The  doctor  just  entered  the  apartment,   and  saw  the 
tears  rolling  from  Emma's  eyes.     "  What's  all  this  about 
Harriet?"  he  asked. 

Tile  lady  was  so  choked  with  anger  that  she  could  not 
artuulate  for  a  moment ;  at  length  in  a  strain  of  burnin.r 
(•lo(,uence  she  told  the  whole  circumstance,  and  exaggerated 

When  she  had  ended,  the  doctor  remarked  :  "  You  had 
very  little  business  to  make  the  child  cry  in  that  manner" 

The  lady,  tiiunderstrieken  at  the  man's  unpar.lonable  cool- 
ness.  blazed  away  again,  and  acquitted  herself  in  a  wav  that 
almost  entitled  her  to  a  place  among  the  Tullies  of  old 

IVrfectly  indifferent  to  her  oratory,  the  doctor  fondlv  call- 
ing his  daughter  to  him  said,  "  Come  here,  Emma,  and'.Ion't 
cry  any  more."     He  then  smoothed  down  her  flowin.^  locks 
patted  her  upon  the  shoulder,  and  kissed  her  with  all  a 
lather's  affection. 

"  A  pretty  way  that,"  blustered  the  wife,  -  to  train  up 
yonr  child,  to  make  her  despise  her  mother's  counsel  and 
to  encourage  her  to  go  into  houses  of  idolatrous  worship  " 

"  iVow,  Hetty,  my  wee  good  wife  !  don't  scold  me  so 
hard-<lon't  be  for  ever  harping  upon  that  old  string  Goin.. 
"ito  that  Chanel  has  not  done  Emma  a  morsel  of  "harm      J 


aw  sure   thnt   hHo   oonr  »«fl.:..~   1 


*jad  tlere — i 


am  sure  that 


134 


W  E  I,  !  J     WE  I,  I,  ! 


phe  lioanl  notliiiij^  bad  there.  Don't  try  to  trammel  her  in 
that  way — <?ive  lier  more  liberty,  and  don't  break  down,  hy 
such  crossuifT,  her  yonng  and  buoyant  spirits — it's  the  worst 
thing  in  the  world  to  treat  children  after  that  fashion.  I 
have  known  scores  of  young  people,  who,  from  a  treatment 
like  this,  fretted  themselves  into  consumption,  and  fiUvd 
premature  graves." 

"  I  would  sooner  have  her  in  the  grave  than  see  her  kid- 
napped, as  I  fear  she  will  be,"  said  Mrs.  M'Dougald, 
wickedly, 

*'  Well,  I  am  not  of  your  opinion — I  would  sooner  have 
her  anything  than  see  her  in  the  clay,"  said  Dr.  M'Dougald, 
tranquilly. 

"  Ah  !"  cried  the  elegant  mother,  "  I  may  thank  my 
Pajiist  governess  for  all  this  misery-— ^I  foresaw  it  from  the 
first,  and  my  prophecy  is  verified  daily,  more  and  more. 
Wh^t  are  your  French,  your  drawing,  and  your  music,  to 
a  loss  of  the  truth  and  the  life  ?  Will  music,  drawing,  and 
the  rest  be  any  adornment  or  apology  for  mummery  and  super- 
stition !  Would  it  not  be  better  to  be  as  iji-norant  as  a  verv 
boor,  than  to  have  every  accomplishment  and  be  a  slave  to 
the  Pope  ?" 

"  Harriet,"  said  the  doctor,  "  upon  that  subject  I  hav 
*  said  my  say,'  and  I  can  say  no  more.     I  have  talked  over 
the  matter  '  usque  ad  nauseam,'  and,  talk  you  now  as  you 
will,  I  shall  make  no  further  replies." 

Having  said  this,  M'Dougald  left  his  lady  to  ruminate 
alone. 

She  mused  but  a  moment,  when  she  sent  for  Mary,  and 
when  the  governess  made  her  appearance,  began  such  a  furiouH 
onslaught  upon  the  poor  girl's  creed,  and  country,  and  self, 
as  gored  her  to  the  quick,  and  convinced  her  that  a  much 
longer  stay  in  the  doctor's  house  was  utterly  impracticable. 


imel  lier  in 
i  down,  ))y 
s  the  worst 
fashion.  I 
,  treatment 
and  fiUid 

^ee  her  kid- 
d'Dougald, 

ooner  have 
^'Doiigald, 

thank  niv 
it  from  the 

and  more. 
'  music,  to 
awing,  and 
^and  snpor- 
t  as  a  verv 
;  a  slave  t*\ 

Bct  I  hav 

talked  over 
low  as  vou 

3  ruminate 

Mary,  and 
ch  a  furious 
J,  and  self, 
;iat  a  much 
racticahle. 


A    TALE 


135 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 

A    HARD   HEART. 

The  love  wl,icl,  Emma  l,a,l  for  our  heroine  w«8  if,K«,iblfi 
increased  by  the  eir«„„sta„ee  of  the  portrait.  tL  ZZl 
bc.o,„e  to  Mrs.  M'DoagaM,  in  the  gaining  of  her  e    s  r"- 

'■;'"""  "'IT;  "r™'"  "''''^■■'^  """'  ^^""  "'«  ""'"I'lc  h- 
.ilere,,™  of  the  doctor  himself.     If  the  ehihl  wonid  han,„ 

.0  hoar  from  her  mother  a  word  in  disparage.nent  „l' 
Kovorness,  she  would  feel  an  agony  that  pierced  her  ve  y 
.»..!.  The  thought  of  having  to  part  with  one  so  l,el„v  ,1 
was  almost  as  terrible  a  thing  as  the  thonghtof  her  mother's 
death.  Lmma  was,  therefore,  never  more  overjoy„l  linn 
when  the  hour  for  walking  came.  She  wonld  then  be  a 
snnles  and  glee. 

The  growth  of  this  affection  was,  at  an  early  day  ol> 
served  by  the  bigoted  n.other,  ar.d  considered  as  the  pre- 
(Mirsor  of  a  misfortune  which  would  eventually  be  Ennna's 
doom.  It  was  now  so  matured  that  the  lady  entertained 
a-arce  a  hoi>e  of  her  daughter.  What  a  very  silly  creature 
was  Mi-s.  M'Dougald  I  ^  utaiure 

The  doctor,  who.se  partiality  to  Mary  was  founded  on 
"othmg  but  the  best  of  good  nature,  grew  in  his  regard  for 

HT  m  the  same  ratio  with  Ennna,  and  considered  '  a 
treasure  to  the  house.  "Though  father,  and  mother,  u.d 
all  would  go  mad,"  he  would  not,  he  said,  part  «ith  her  for 

.e  world.  Though  he  loved  his  wife  in  the  fullest  sense  of 
the  Apostle's  counsel,  still  he  was  unjKTvious  to  her  strikes 
agamst  his  friend.  In  the  lady's  attacks  upon  him  for  thi« 
end,  If  he  would  occasionally  give  a  hard  rub  to  her  logic  or  to 


136 


wellI   well! 


If 


her  pliilautliropy,  he  was  always  sure,  before  the  end  of  tlif 
dispute,  to  pour  oil  hito  the  wound.  He  would  g'eneraliv 
begiu  with  sareasm,  and  terminate  in  a  juke ;  or,  like  t 
month  of  Mareh  in  uortheni  eliinee,  he  would  "  eonie  in  l.ko 
a  lion,  and  go  out  like  a  lamb."  If,  then,  he  had  a  dw  p- 
rooted  regard  for  the  stranger,  he  had,  at  the  same  time, 
every  affection  for  his  wife  and  every  regard  for  her  feelings. 
His  unflinehing  advocacy  of  the  governess  was,  therefore, 
an  act  of  philanthropy,  and  nothing  else.  Who  would  l)l;uiic 
him  for  not  taking  the  advice  of  Mrs.  M'Dougald  ? 

The  doctor's  high  esteem  for  Mary,  and  Emma's  affection 
for  her,  were  i  >\v  as  living  realities  as  Chinihorazo  and  the 
Jungfrau.  When  such  an  array  of  influence  stood  up  he- 
twecn  the  mistress  and  her  devoutly  wLshed-for  ends,  it 
was  clear  as  demonstration  that  her  position  looked  wciikcr 
than  ever.  Who  but  a  steeple-chase  rider  would  have  the 
courage  to  think  of  charing,  at  a  bound,  this  fonnidahle 
barrier,  and  of  getting  once  more  into  clear  coursing  ? 

The  same  buoyancy  of  R])U'it  which  had  made  this  original 
woman  a  jockey,  was  the  one  which  now  emboldened  her  to 
break  down  every  opposition,  and  triumph  over  "  pope  and 
popery,  brass  money,  and  wooden  shoes."  Her  creative  or 
inventive  genius  began  to  contrive  a  machination,  which, 
when  considered  as  the  means,  was  evidently  worthy  of  the 
end.  She  determined  to  establish  in  the  breast  of  JK^r 
daughter  true  Christianity,  or  freedom  from  Antichrist,  hv 
one  of  the  most  diabolical  of  instruments. 

On  a  certain  dav  her  sad  self  lost,  by.  some  unfor- 
tunate  accident,  a  purse  containing  fifty  dollars.  So  it 
was  afterwards  stated.  On  the  day  that  the  mishap  took 
place,  she  never  said  a  word  about  it.  She  reserved  t!ie 
announcement  for  another  occasion.  This  occasion  was  one 
on  which  Mary  appeared  with  a  splendid  gold  chain  arouiiL 


I 


cud  of  the 
1  g't'nerally 
)r,  like  the 
ome  iu  Ike 
lad  a  tle<'j)- 
same  tiiiif, 
icr  feeliii<is. 
,  tljerefore, 
ould  l)laino 
I? 

-'s  affection 
zo  and  the 
ood  up  he- 
ir ends,  it 
:ed  weaker 
1  have  the 
forinidalile 
!in<r? 

Iiis  oriffiiinl 
lied  her  to 
"pope  and 
creative  or 
on,  which, 
thy  of  the 
ist  of  her 
iclirist,  liy 

me  nnfor- 
rs.  So  it 
ishap  took 
lerved  t!ie 
m  was  one 
un  aroiinc 


A     TALE, 


137 


er  neck.     It  was  the  first  time  that  she  had  won.  it  sinee 

.  amval  .  Auu-n...     The  .onu-nt  the  chain  was  ^^^ 
Mi.  MDono-ahl  prochiimed,  for  the  first  tin.e,  the  Joss  with 
wl-l»  .s^^e  had  n.et,  and  accused  the  governcLs  of  the       . 
bery.    ^0    merely  to  the  doctor  did  she  make  this  r  p  r 
but  venly  dui  she  charg-e  with  it  Mary  her.df  to  the  t  "  ' 

Of  coai-s<.,  M'Dougald  c-ould  not  behev.  the  accusation 
yet  o.>servn.g   the   gold   chain,    and    heanng  o 
sn.n  taneonsly   he  did  not  feel  as  easy  .s  he  v:o.dd  w   h 

10  satisfy  M,,.  M^Dong-ald,  Mary,  findin.  that  all  Iut 

Tlu.  lady  informed  her  husband,  who  felt  satisfied  at  this 
i'at  the  oat.  of  Papist,  were  not  worth  a  n.h.     I|  on     f 
-  were  to  take  fifty  false  oaths  to-dav,  he  would  j!^ 
rom  the  pru.t  panlon  for  them  to-morr^;.     Ther      ' 
n   necessity  for  an  oath.     The  fact  of  Mary's  ,nnlt  wis   oo 
glann,  to  be  smothered  up  in  that  way.     BdU  ^ne  er 
known  to  steal-Jemmy  wa.  .s  honei  as   Bell-Ca 
wonld  not  dream  of  such  a  thin,-the  n.lstress  d^  noTu " 
.e  money     the  doctor  had  no  knowledge  of  it ;-  h  r  fo  e 
it  .as  as  clear  J.  sunlight  that  the  governess  was  th     llf 
Poor  Mary  defended  herself  with  wonls,  and  wie      Is' 
-de  no  impression,  she  defended  herself  ^ith  teat  J 
On-ent-flowwas  Just  as  unavailable.     Finding  that  neit 

S  zrt  T  r:r ''-  ^^^^'"«'  -'^  ^-^  - 

hi  :  r  r  "'^''  '^  ^^^"^^  '^'  *^«"«^  in.mediately 
but  this  she  did  not  wish  to  do  until  she  fully  proved  h  t 
"."ocence.  In  this  dilemma  she  at  length  conee  ed  a  ,  an 
-J'H:h  completely  satisfied  the  doctor.     Slie  recmlHl     I 

-.and  mistress  of  the  ho..e,  together  lili^C^^^^ 
Dell  tn  accompany  ^  -  -^     ' 


lie 


opcneu  a  smaU  truidv  from  which  she  dre 


I   they  did  so, 
w  out  several  gold 


138 


W  E  T-  L  I     well! 


riiijrs,  gold  braoeletvS,  gold  pins,  aud  a  s])k'ndid  gold  watcli. 
Then  opening  anotiier  trunk,  she  lield  up  before  tlie  housi'. 
hold  sevond  rich  drosses  which  she  had  never  worn  on  tlii;< 
side  of  the  Atlantic.  "  There,"  said  the  calumniated  girl, 
"  Is  the  proof  of  my  innocence;"  and  having  said  these  words, 
she  burst  into  tears. 

"  My  dear  Maiy,"  said  M'Dougald,  "I  never  believed  that 
you  were  guilty,  and  I  did  not,  as  you  will  remember,  come 
to  this  place  for  any  other  parpose  but  to  comi)ly  with  yoiu' 
own  request." 

"Thank  you,  doctor,  for  your  goodness,"  returned  the 
weeper  ;  "  I  know  that  you  were  fully  convinced  of  my  hon- 
esty and  honor." 

At  sight  of  the  articles  above  mentioned,  the  diabolical 
mistress  retunied  to  her  own  apartments. 

In  the  mean  time  Mary  hiformed  the  doctor  that  she  did 
not  wish  to  continue  any  longer  in  his  house.  At  this  an- 
nouncement Emma  burst  out  weeping,  aud  cried  piteou.sly  : 
"  Oh  don't  go,  Mary,  don't,  don't  go  !" 

"My  dear  good  Mary,"  said  the  doctor,  "do  not,  I  Ikv 
sccch  you,  give  me  any  such  notice.  Why  would  you  leave 
me  who  never  offended  you  ?     Tell  me,  did  I  ever  do  so  ?" 

"  Never,"  replied  Mary,  "  never.     You  were  always  kind 
to  me  ;  you  have  from  me  all  the  gratitude  that  my  worn 
out  heart  can  give,  and  you  will  never  be  let  fade  from  my 
memory." 

"Then,"  said  M'Dougald,  "when  you  know  that  I  will 
be  yonr  friend  to  the  last,  why  say  that  you  wish  to  go  ? 
If  this  damnable  bigotry  of  my  wife,  who  is  a  good-naturcnl 
woman  in  her  own  way,  breaks  out  at  times  hito  those  disa^ 
greeable  ebullitions  of — I  know  not  what — will  not  my  esteem 
for  you,  and  Emma's  love,  make  up  for  all  ?  I  will  leave 
myself  out  now,  and  for  the  sake  of  my  child,  whom  I  know 


vou  an 

iiiid  livi 

Kiiui 

to  her  i 

111}'  Ma; 

The  1 

for  Mar 

doctor, 

left  tiie 

As  sc 

paid,  he 

"Win 

lino  won 

"Suli.> 

"Fur 

of  (lint ; 

vt'7  fact 

dislike  foi 

"My( 

"Iniei 

The  do< 

"  U'her 
ai  tides?" 

Tiie  raai 

"Ibelit 
tlie  hardes 

"OJodf( 
kindest  mei 

"Ailjaw 

"woidd  no 

uJid  then  flj 

"Do  yoi 


A    TALE. 


old  watch, 
the  hous(. 
)rn  on  tlii^, 
liatod  girl, 
icse  words. 


lioved  that 

ibcr,  come 

with  voiu" 

tunicd  the 
of  my  hoii- 

diabolical 

at  she  did 
t  this  aii- 
piteously  : 

not,  I  1k<- 
[  you  Ictive 
'  do  so  ?" 
[ways  kind 

my  worn 
e  from  niv 

:hat  I  will 
sh  to  f>-o  ? 
od-natured 
tliose  disii' 
my  est^'cm 
will  lenve 
)m  I  kiiow 


139 


you  ardently  love,  I  ask  you  to  for,^.t  this  transient  tri  .1 
and  live  on  a;s  you  are."  ' 

f """"'  "■'"'  """''"«  <-W  »■"»  "II  the  while  clinch,..  f„«, 
•"  '';;  '■"''""'•  »""  ^'^^  «"J  anon  e.x,lai„n„g  :  ••  Lry  O 
mv  .Mary  I  wiU  you  go  ai,d  leave  your  Emuia  "'  ' 

Tl,e  u,,,K,.al  of  Irieuikhip  aud  love  w.us  ahu;^!  too  much 
,r  Mary  to  ros.st.     She  wa«  uual,le  to  say  auythh.g.     The 
|l^-.or,  foudly  trusting  that  all  wo.Ud  soon  l,e  ri.W.t  „o«- 
W<  tlie  roon,,  leaving  Mary  and  Enuua  toge,|,er 

As  soon  as  he  ean,e  into  the  ,,reseuce  of  Mrs.  M'Dou- 
pl,l  he  aske   :  "  Well,  Uamet,  are  you  satisfied  now  r 

tine  Uln  "  '"'"  ^  ''"'""^■"  ^'*  ""^  '"J-"""- 

"Satisfaction  ten  tirao^  over,"  he  replied 

''For  ^^u,  perhaps,  but  not  for  me,"'pc;-sLstc>d  the  piece 
of  llnjt ;  "  and  now  let  me  ass.u-e  yon.  Alien,  that  from  the 

diJike  (or  this  girl  than  1  had  before." 
"  My  God,  Harriet,  what  do  you  mean  ?" 
"  1  mean  what  I  have  said  " 
^  The  a<«tor  bit  In.  h>  iu  ,ifc„ee,  and  stood  wholly  ,,„z. 

^^  ■,  JVh^re  could  this  wauderh«girl  have  got  these  costly 
Tile  man  made  no  reply. 

"I  believe  that  they  are  all  stolen  property,"  said  one  of 
tiic  hardest  women  in  the  world.  'u  one  ot 

"  Uod  forgive  Alljaw,  and  all  his  kind,"  cried  one  of  the 
l"«los  men  m  the  world,  in  a  fit  of  pious  feelin. 

Aijaw  and  his  kin,!,"  remarked  the  stony^substanee 

0,  d  not  lo^  themselves  with  other  ,«opJs  pr^  1 

i"i'l  then  By  away  to  a  foreign  country."  ''1^'V. 

"  t>o  you   ,ae«,   to  husmuate  that   she  pilfered   those 


140 


wellI    wellI 


things  in  Ireland,  and  tiieu,  to  escape  detection,  fliM  to 
America  ?" 

"  I  mean  what  I  mean,  and,  doctor,  let  me  tell  you  dearlv 
what  my  meaning  is,  and  my  conviction,  too.  I  mean  and 
believe  that  your  precious  Maiy  is  some  runaway  nun  who 
rifled  her  convent  of  whatever  she  could  lay  hands  on,  and 
then  cleared  out.  Neither  do  1  say  and  believe  this  witlun;! 
proof,  and  I  will  give  the  reasons  upon  which  this  proof  i, 
founded.  I  presume  that  1  am  speaking  clearly  enoiiizii  );,r 
you  now.  How  could  a  j)Oor  girl,  such  as  she  Is,  procmv 
such  proi)erty  afi  this?  No  way,  except  by  foul  means. 
She  could  not  have  obtained  it  from  either  father  or  mother, 
for  if  so,  she  would  then  be  such  a  one  as  should  have  no 
necessity  to  seek  her  fortune  in  a  distant  land.  Is  tliis 
proof  enough  to  verify  my  meaning  and  conviction  ?  It  is ; 
and  if  it  is,  we  have  certahily  a  magniiicent  model  for  tliu 
moulding  of  Emma's  virtues." 

"  IIow  do  you  know  that  she  is  not  the  child  of  wealthy 
parents  ?  You  have  no  knowledge  of  the  cause  which  scut 
her  out  here.  For  myself,  I  have  believed,  and  still  believe, 
that  her  history  is  a  novel  one.  I  have  frequently  tried  to 
imagine  what  it  is,  but  aiLxious  as  I  have  always  been  to 
know  it,  I  could  not  bring  myself  to  make  any  intjuirics  of 
herself.  I  expect  to  know  it  yet,  and  when  I  shall,  111 
wager  you  whatever  you  please,  that  I  shall  be  aaiuaiuted 
with  a  very  mysterious  tale." 

"  Allen  I  you  are  as  credulous  as  the  most  benighted 
Papist,  and  you  will,  in  spite  of  reason,  be  credulous  to  the 
end.  Can  you  not  see  that  the  very  thhig,  which  prevented 
tills  girl  from  t«lUng  us  her  history,  k  the  best  po.Ysiljle 
proof  that  \vhat  I  believe  of  her  is  correct.  If  she  luul  an 
honorable  history  to  tell,  she  would,  no  doubt,  rejoice  to 
make  it  knovNU.    But  as  no  such  history  is  hers,  she  hm 


i     of: 


A    T  A  I.  f;  , 


141 


.  r,.,v,  Iv  kept   l,e«.:f  a  ■nj.U.ry.      „,„,  ,0,.   „.k,„,    ,„., 

"What  has   boon   her  hfatoiy  since  she  came  to  thi, 
.  bouse  .'"  asked  the  doctor. 

"  ''  '"^'i  '«cn  well  eni.iieh  till  now  " 
"liut  tljat  it  is  now  what  you  believe,  renmins  to  l.e 
Foved     Ueraet.,  here  np  ,0  the  pres,.nt  prove  her  L  Z 
«       u    ts  deserving  in  won.an.     When  s.'-h  is  ok  e,^l  ly 
Ihe  faef,  a  mere  ohar-e,  without  the  slightest  fonnd-,,!,,,    • 
..ot  to  undo  her  Christian  dee*,  and  st-an^er  :„:„': 
-  c  u.r„eu.r.    I  have  s«.n  l,or  goodneJ,  but  I  ha  e 
««  her  badness,  and  untU  the  latter  is  apparent  I  wm 
«i"Hys  be  convineed  of  her  inteority  » 
The  latter  part  of  the  last  sentence  was  rendered  inandi 
e  by  Bell  rushing  into  the  door,  and  erying  out  •      i^ 
lilty  dollars  is  found."  6  ""i-  .      iiie 

u^no'onr  '"  ''"'"'  '''  "^'"'-  "'  ■"'-  """  Mary  was 

;;  Who  found  it  ?"  asked  the  doubly  diaboUcal  mistress 
Jemmy,"  answered  Bell. 

"I'll  be  bound  'twas  he,"  observed  the  other  "and   1 
fancy  that  I  ean  tell  how  he  has  been  so  clever  " 

"Very  hkely  that  you  could,  for  according  to  the  oM 
«la,jre,  'He  that  hides,  finds,-  might  the  reade;  whi^r 

>ear  reader  I    Mrs.  M'Dougald,  on  the  day  that  ^iry 
">    on  the  Cham,  was  the  loser  of  no  money  whatev  r 
b^t    '^ermnnng  to  make  a  last  effort  in  getting  clear  of' 
he  ,  .she  thought  there  could  be  no  better  opportunity  to 

"  !  ."V''.V=''"f  "PPoarance.     Accordingly,  with  a  view 
-  ei.uig  »o,ue  color  to  the  accusation,  she  dropjxid  the  fifty 


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w  F.  I,  I, !    w  i:  I.  L  ! 


dollars  where,  she  knew,  Jeinniy  could  not  biit  find  it— in 
the  burn — iutendii%  that,  iu  the  event  of  the  old  man  pii  k- 
in^^  it  up,  she  could  still  criminate  Mary,  as  she  afterwards 
did,  by  sayhig  that  the  Irish  thief  would  never  be  betravdl 
by  her  countryman  for  getting-  him  to  declare  that  he  liad 
fmind  what  she  herself  had  simply  given  him. 


CHATTER   XXIV. 


Sl:?PICIONS    AXD    VISIONS. 

The  next  morning  Maiy  infonned  her  friend  the  doctor 
that  she  would  that  day  leave  his  house,  and  seek  her  liviii" 
in  some  other  family.  He,  sorely  grieved  by  this  unex- 
pected triumph  of  his  wife's  oi)position,  endeavored  by  iill 
means  in  his  power  to  make  Mary  change  lier  mind.  His 
efforts,  however,  were  altogether  fruitless.  Tlie  govenic>> 
would  go. 

"  How,"  said  he  sadly,  "  is  Emma  to  bear  this  ?" 
"  Ah  !  poor  Emma,"  replied  Mary  weeping,  "  it  rnakfs 
my  heart  bleed  to  think  that  she  and  I  must  part,  but  oh  : 
dear  doctor  1  what  greater  trial  can  I  know  than  that  of  tlio 
life  which  I  am  leading  here  ?  I  feel  tliat,  when  I  jjio,  I 
shall  be  miserable  indeed,  and  if  I  stop,  I  shall  be  efiually 
wretched.  I  stand  between  the  shadows  of  two  dread 
realities.  To  whichever  side  I  turn  I  meet  the  stern  reality 
of  woe.  The  buoyancy  is  gone  from  my  heart — my  spirits- 
wing  is  broken — and  for  me  the  world  is  all  gloom.  Who 
loves  Emma  better  than  I  ?  Who  can  worse  live  without 
her  ?  Who  has  a  weaker  soul  than  I  ?  Who  knows  ffreater 
persecution  ?    From  all   this  learn   my  feeling:-^,   and  lus 


t  i'md  it-— ill 
)1(1  mail  |)ii  k- 
le  aftcrwiinls 
•  be  bctrayid 
that  he  luid 


i  tho  doctor 
ek  her  livinif 
y  this  iiiif.v 
vored  by  all 
p  mind.  His 
be  governe- 
ss ?" 

:,  "it  makes 
lart,  but  oil  I 
n  that  of  the 
when  I  jio,  I 
1  be  equally 
two  drciul 
stern  reality 
— my  RpiritV 
loom.  Who 
live  without 


nows  greater 


A    XAI,  E. 


US 


3"  » 


and 


fean^-from  all  ,l,is  l.um  the  ca„so  wl,i,.|,  drives  „,c  to  „ 
»lc|i  winch  I  have  Uikon      I  k,,,™   ,i    ,  ." '""'^'""•"o  tho 
I         1      ■      .  Mow,  that  HI  cro  rjif  frojii  vmi 

I  ara  phiiiging  into  a  wiMeniess  but  I  k„mv  .1    .         ^    ' 

;  1  "Miirs  nuiy  be,  I  am  tenrin?  iiiym.|f  f,.,„n  » 
«™e  of  trouble.,  thorns,  and  toars.  Mv  ,,rcw„  fate  t, 
»;.r.l  one,  and  rankl.  like  „„  arrow  in -nrra/Vv 
f.nu  e,  thon^h  .t  n,ay  be  as  ,lark,  has  for  the  m„  nent  at^H 

Uai^:t;ir:cx^rtir:rr 

aR.m_sad  roq„«t  for  me  to  makcv-spare  her  and  ,ne 

-  i.i«erL  Of  t:i  :i-tirrr 

I^Ser,  here,  give  her  this  little  rinR  fron.  „,e  and  Ttt 
*;Hoke„  be  the  only  thing  t,,at  ^indl  ^Idt'r,  ::•; 

-.■cuhan  s^dened  atL  iCf^Lrai::;;:'::: 

tome.     The  anger,  which  he  felt  at  the  eotKlnef  nf  h;      T 
~.o,.  great  to  allow  hin,  to  experie^    a  Lt  '  JiS 

With  «^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  'V  '°  '"^  -f".  d-P."..-.ted 
words  bnt  ™  «  ,''-'"' '"'«'''  n"  eommenta  n,»n  Mary's 
yords,  but  munificently  rewardo.1  her  for  her  service,  <r7ve 

r„.r°  .""■'  "l'-'™  -""t  ho  described.  I'a..  i'^ 
r-.„.    ,„,,.  Mx>u„said  wiU,  I  am  s.u-e,  obtain  her  rcwu-Z 


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W  K  I,  I,  I     W  K  I,  I,  ! 


i 


Einuuiwill  be  eonifortlt'ss  now.  Once  mon',  my  (h-ar  M.in- ! 
adirii ;  limy  you  !<oon  be  hajtpy — you  and  I  will  aKsindiv 
meet  njjraiii.  If  Euiiiia  live,  this  shall  l)e  her  bridal  ring  ;  ^U 
shall  not  see  it  till  then.     Adieu,  adieu  1" 

Jn  a  moment  the  doctor  was  ^one,  and  Mary  was  nlono. 

Not  long  was  she  alone.  Jemmy,  her  faithful  friend  iiml 
countryman,  who  liad  been  ordered  in  the  morninp:  to  knock 
at  her  door  at  a  given  hour,  was  true  to  the  time  appointnl. 
He  was  immediately  told  by  her  to  carry  the  trunks  to  u 
certain  stage-coach  office,  and  to  do  it  in  such  a  way  as  not 
to  be  observed  by  any  of  the  houseliold.  The  only  one,  in 
whom  Mary  now  wished  to  conlid*',  conveyed  the  trunks  U\ 
their  place  of  destination,  at  wliich  herself  liad  alrciidy 
arrived.  As  the  coach  was  jiLst  upon  the  point  of  sturtinir, 
she  had  no  tune  to  say  but  a  word  to  old  Jemmy.  "  Hen , ' 
said  she,  giving  hiui  a  little  piece  of  gold,  "  I'm  going  away 
for  ever.  Jemmy  ;  be  a  good  man,  aul  pray  for  me.  G(j<ji1- 
bye,  God  bless  you." 

Jemmy,  suspecting  nothing  of  the  kind,  was  so  completely 
bewildered  inat  he  was  unable  to  utter  a  word. 

The  driver  blew  his  horn,  cracked  his  whip,  and  before 
Jemmy  had  recovered  himself,  drove  far  away  down  the 
muddy  street. 

"  Wisha,  God  be  with  you,  an<i  defend  you  wherever  you 
go,  you  sweet  darlin'  craytur  that  you  are,  but  it's  myself 
that's  sorry  for  your  goin'.  May  the  great  God  be  your 
guide  in  this  cowld  and  miserable  country,  and  give  you 
grace  to  lade  a  good  life,  and  die  the  death  of  a  good 
christian." 

Before  Jemmy's  return  to  the  doctor's,  dimier  was  iu 
readiness,  but  the  doctor  was  nowhere  to  be  found.  Mi's. 
M'Dougald,  not  having  been  informed  of  his  whereabouts, 
asked  Bell  if  she  know  whither  he  had  soiie.     Bell,  who 


ly  <l<'iir  M.iiv ! 
will  ii8.<iir<fiiv 
ritliil  ring  j  sliv 

ry  vviifl  nloiic, 
il'iil  frioiid  iiiid 
'iiinp:  to  knock 
me  ai)i)oiiittd. 
e  trunks  to  a 
I  a  wjiy  as  not 
le  only  one,  in 
the  trunks  to 
had  alrciidy 
it  of  Ktartiii.;-, 
iiy.  "IL'i.',' 
m  going  away 
)r  mc.    Good- 


A    TALK, 


SO  complctoly 

I. 

p,  and  l)oforo 

'ay  dowu  the 

1 

wherever  you 

r 

ut  it's  nivsflf 

1 

God  be  your 
Eind  give  you 
th  of  a  good 

[inner  was  iu 
found.  Mis. 
whereabouts, 


had  no  more  knowledge  of  him  th. 
"P  to  Af ary'8  room  to  .see  if  anythiuLr 
the  - -      '^"  _      J       b 


1*5 

'I'  inHtreN.*.-,  hurried 


an  h( 


eouM  be  known  al 


mailer.      Of  course  Marv  wm  m.^     'in       v 
«as  ru.,g,  hut  no  one  «ave  .h'nl   ,:'«,.  1  L  ,","""■•'"" 

Ate  wa,„MK  for  an  l,o„r,  she  „«k  i,  r  seata    ,      ,.;  I 
and  proeeedml  to  I,,.],,  |„.r„,Pf  f„  u-i    ,  '' ' 

i-r--.i.  s..e  wo,;,,  t  ,„v  tnr;  "'■  '"^•^■""" 

'-■■,  '«.■«««,  ,he  l,a,l  „„  wish  to  "    .,u  1    V      '';'  ■*'"'"' 

T..r:;::r:::::rz::;::r;^ 

•     •«-'    na  ana  JJ(>I|  made  s«!veral  visits  f.^  \r      . 
room,  b«t  fo<r  d  no  Mary  there      At]     T  '" 

wh'it  t         ,  .  V*   1  ^  ^^  '^"^^'>  'liseoverin.r 

«"'^t  t     .   .nght  have   .asiiy  discovered  before    th-.t  l^r 

:;:^^--'^  ^^-^  ^or,,.. ,.,  ,^^^  ^-:,X:z'- 
Jjstaoal  ones,  ran  up  to  tl,e  scene  of  bowilde„,.ent  and 

"Mary  has  took  her  trunks,"  said  liell,  "and  left  the 
lionsc  for  good,"     Emma  sereamed  afiain  ""'"<'"«'« 

^^^' Hush,  hush,"  eried  the  mother,  "  eke  I'll  have  to  flog 

"  J^iit  is  she  really  gone?"     "Vp«»     n«i;  i  *        .    ,. 

the  ol.iert  „f  K u  .-acceded  m  drivinfr  a«ay 

o'.jo'-t  of  her  hale,  and  a  feeling  of  dismav  ,.|ull..d  hi 

7 


14(i 


well!    wei.lI 


again  as  over  her  till  then  niisuspieious  mind   swq.t  tlio  U"-- 
rn)le  thought  that  the  doctor  had  absconded  with  tlie  iugi- 

live. 

"  Where  is  Jemmy  ?"  she  hastily  inquired. 

"He  baiat  beu  to  home  since  an  hour  afore  dinner;' 

replied  Bell. 

Mrs.  M'Dougald,  immediately  convinced  that  her  snddtii 
suspicion  was  but  too  well  foumled,  condudwl  that  Jemmy 
had  been  sent  out  of  the  way,  in  order  that  Mary  and  her 
paramour  might  be  far  on  their  journey  before  anyiluiiL' 
eouUl  be  ascertained  of  the  fact. 

The  lady's  feelings  can  be  better  imagined  than  descrihid. 
Twas  a  trying  night. 

About  twelve  o'clock  next  day,  the  missing  Jemmy  was 

seen  coming  out  of  the  hay-loft,  in  which  he  had  been  picas- 

antly  located  during  the  past  night.      This  is  the  way  it 

happened.     After  seeing  Mary  off,  he  chanced  to  fall  m 

with  an  acquaintance  who  was  kind  enough  to  take  Imii 

from  his  proper  track,  and  escort  him  to  a  plentiful  becr- 

Bhop      He  was  not  long  in  the  company  of  his  friend  when  Ik 

became  unfit  to  k(>ep  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  home.     On; 

glass  was  enough  to  make  Jemmy  lose  the  centre  of  i.is 

gravity        Having  lost  this  particular  Ijalance,  he  snorc.l 

away  on  the  floor  of  the  tavern  until  late  after  dark,  vh.n 

he  arose  with  recovere<i  senses,  and  made  the  best  of  ins 

way  to  the  place  from  which  he  has  just  been  said  to  have 

issued.  .  . 

Previous  to  this  moment,  Mrs.  M'Pougald  was  m  a  hiph 
state  of  fennentation,  and  would  now,  no  doubt,  havo 
brouo-ht  up  the  old  man  for  a  thorough  examination,  but  j.i>t 
a  few  minutes  after  he  had  revealed  himself  to  daylight,  tl..' 
mysterious  man  of  thn  house  dispelled  by  his  presence  ev.rv 
fear  that  was  "chiUing  and  kUling"  the  breast  of  his  spmis., 


sang, 


■j>l    tllO  tf"- 

,h  the  I'ugi- 


•e  dinner,'' 

her  suddt'ii 
lat  Jt-niiny 
ry  anil  her 
e  anylhiiif; 

I  described. 

Feniinv  was 

been  plcas- 

the  way  it 

i  to  fail  ill 

D  take  liim 

iitiful  l)eei- 

?nd  when  lie 

lome.     Oiii' 

'litre  of  his 

2,  he  snored 

dark,  when 

best  of  liis 

said  to  have 

35?  in  a  hiph 
Llonbt,  luive 
ion,  but  jiisi 
Uiylight,  tlie 
osenee  every 
>f  hia  spouse. 


A    TALE.  i,H 

The  servant  man  and  the  man  himself  were  both  at  hon.e 
re  htticmess  of  the  former  wan  lost  in  the  ma.nntnde  of  thJ 
h.t  er.  Jemmy  was,  therefore,  not  only  not  harmed  by  M.-s' 
MDougald,  but  was  not  even  heeded.  This  esca,.,-  of  his' 
however,  was  only  an  escape  half  way. 

If  his  mistress  No.  1,  who  was  JVfrs.  M'Dou^uld,  neither 
hurt  nor  heeded  him,  his  mistress  Xo.  2,  who  was  Bell 
was  not  so  indul^e.t.     The  No.  2  mistress  pave  him  the 
word  and  the  blow"  both,  scripturally  proceciinp  while 
she  did  so,  making  the  "  last  first,  and  the  first  last  " 

From  the  aj>pearance  of  the  doctor  it  mij.ht  very  well 
l>e  mferred,  that  the  spirit  which  had  waved  his  wicked 
wand  over  the  man,  had  .'.o  waved  it  over  the  master 

And  such  was  really  the  case.     After  biddir.j.  Mury  ff..od 
bye,  he  hurried  to  the  house  of  an  "  an(M-ent  trustv,  dond.lv 
n-on.e,"  with  whom  he  drowned,  in  bmnper  aft^r  bnmpe.' 
all  cares  past,    prcse    ,    and    to  come.      If  his    (roublr.i 
Wife  lay  awake  all  night  dreaming  of  him,   she  kept  no 
better  v.gil  than  did  her  husband  who,  i»  his  watchfulness 
had  this  advantage  over  his  Andromache,  that  he  was  m't 
oi.ly  wide  awake,  but  right  merry,  too.     He  thought  and 
fiang,  °    ' 

"  Tlie  cock  tnigl.t  craw,  the  day  mij?ht  diiw, 
But  he  would  Uistc  the  barlic  brie." 

Whether  the  doctor,  who  was  generally  a  sol)er  mnn 
plunged  into  this  "  ungodly  glee"  for  the  purimv  of  havino-' 
f^ome  little  revenge  of  his  wife,  is  more  than  the  chronicler 
i^  able  to  tell.     His  conduct  indeed  would  seem  to  indicate 
as  much. 

When  on  his  return  home  he  met  his  fair  companion,  he 
looked  very  gloomy  nnd  m>evish.  His  first  word,  was  an 
ironical  congratulation  ou  her  late  great  success.     "  Vou 


U8 


well!    well! 


have  had  tl»c  first  tnuinph,  Han-ict !"  said  he,  "and  I  wOl 
b:ive  the  second.  Turn  alwut  is  fair  phiy.  You  have  sun- 
yoiu-  Aniabcean  strain,  I  mil  now  hegi'ii  to  sijig  mine." 

To  all  this  tlie  lady  was  stoically  indiffensnt.  She  ha.l 
[)layed  her  part,  and,  havbig  done  so,  put  an  end  to  her 
troubles.  She  made  no  reply.  Indeed,  she  was  highk 
incen.scd  with  the  man  for  remaining  out  all  night. 

Harriet !  where  are  you  going  to  get  a  governess  now  ?" 
intiuiral  he  in  a  hall'  tauntmg  tone. 

"  I  have  aln.-ady  marked  out  one,"  she  re[)lied. 

"  I  hope  that  shell  satisfy  me,"  said  the  doctor  ;  "  if  it 
was  dliricult  to  please  you  before,  I'm  thinking  it  will  hu  as 
dJlficult  to  [)lea8e  me  lum." 

Without  further  conversation  he  threw  hioLself  n].nii 
a  sofa  to  take  what  he  much  required— -a  comfortable 
nap. 

The  thoughts  or  reveries  of  husband  and  wife  were  widely 
different.  "  If  Emma"— thus  miLsed  the  man—"  is  not  ti 
be  the  pupU  of  one  so  accomiilished  and  perfect  as  Mary,  she 
shall  be  the  pnpil  of  some  of  tho.^e  under  whom  Muit 
received  her  own  uistru(;tion.  Dear  Harriet  I  you  shall  n.it 
have  it  all  your  own  way.  I  wUl  send  Emma  to  a  con- 
vent, and  there  have  her  learn  what  she  might  have 
learned  at  home,  if  it  had  not  been  for  you  and  yoiu-  hij^- 
otry." 

Upon  tins  velvet  pillow  of  present  consolation,  the  doctoi' 
fell  asleep,  and  so  continued  till  late  evening. 

Meanwhile,  wrapped  up  in  a  mantle  of  her  own  mind's 
weaving,  thus  niminated  the  lady,  as  she  rocked  her  to  aud 
fro,  beside  the  slumbering  ''omi  of  her  ea.sy  husband  :-- 
"  PJmma  is  now  ftx>ed  fi-on  the  clutches  of  that  harpy,  ami  1 
thank  Providence  for  the  blessing.  T\venty  years  hcnco 
what  shoiUd  I  do,  if  my  only  dau^jhtor  should  be  the  blind 


^   Tale. 


149 


enioss  now  ?" 


votary  of  beads  a„J  !,„,,  „,,„     ?     j.^  „     , 

r««il™t    girl,   rii.e|    ravsdf,.:.|,v':|  "'"";'"""■"  "''"''^ 
"■■i'lMd  „,,on  my  l,reu,Mik„  .  "  '""■''""   "«' 

This  relief  wUI  a.w  vear,  I"    rr     "  ''"™'"'-"'  '"^l'''""'^-- 
tl-c  rest  of  my  ,,„y,  .f"'  '^  '"^  ''f^'  "'"'  ""ke  a  .smmuu-  ol 

f  "V'f  •  "'"J  "'".«,  in  world,  of  their  ow.    ,• ,  ■ 
and  mfe  Ore™,,  out  tl,„  „„„•„,  ,„„,„;;'J  "«-.  d-"  ''-band 

""'  the  former    hn^  alreadv  f.,ir      ^ 
'I'li-To,  and  fled  to  that  „f  !l  '^"""    ''^^  '"'•^'•'"'"'•v 

'»i-  IV.  latteri:;,;!^::'*^' "■'''■''  '^"'^ "'  "-■' 

faaeies,  "  "^-^'''a'r  still,  and  reveb  in  l,e"r 

If  "  the  being-,^  of  the  mind  are  not  „f  „.     •,  ■ 
»  l"ty  to  call  Mrs.  M'DouJ.I  f  ,   ^^'    "  """'''  '»« 

»'"'•''  «'»  is  s,UT„„„  1  d      it  "'  ""  ^'''"'-""'-W  ly 

l«'ting  realiUes.    They  have  „   """  *"'"■  '"■"■''  ""■  '""  !'■•« 
"-*,-  of  life,  and  die  o      «  | hT;'"  """  '"'"•'"'"-  '"^^  the 

»'"i^'  u.  the  pl„aa..res  whieh  t  J' -tf  T'         ?"'"'*  " 
•ircam  "'^  ^'^^^  w  liapjiy,  live,  nnd 

-alrU:  t'^iT'  '""  ^'-'-^'  -  t"^'  -ker-«.ho  «•„, 

!«■'■'  fr^'a  are  wavin^  flow ,'  T  '  "'  ""'^  •■'""•"•"'  P™- 

heautif,d  .„|,e  se'd^  0.^"!  Tr  ""''""  '"""■  "■'-^' 

*•'   ""■  "  ^<^^'"K,  over  whieh  no 


150 


W  E  I,  L  !     W  K  I,  L  ! 


shadow  (IrtH'S  fliuf^  a  slirond.  The  gloom,  tliut,  but  a  day 
Hiiico,  hiuijif  lieavily  over  the  scene,  and  marred  the  loveh- 
ness  of  the  landscnpe,  has  beeu  chased  ))y  a  goldm  beam 
that  {)romLises  to  pUjy  tliere  forever.  Tlie  soft  gusliinj^  music 
of  happiiK.'Hs,  filling  with  melody  the  balniy  air,  is  float  in;^ 
from  ever)'  side,  and  the  flowers  of  kindred  and  frienib^lup 
are  pouring  their  odoi*s  'round,  making  the  phice  the  vcn- 
emporium  of  sweetness. 

And  yet  who  Is  liappier — the  sleeper,  or  the  drcann  r, 
and  wliich  of  them  is  nearer  to  the  truth  ? 


CHAPTER  XXV. 


A  TOUGH    HIDE. 


The  momuig,  on  which  Mary  took  passage  for  a  better 
port,  was  as  beautiful  as  any  that  a  brilliant  sun  could 
give.  The  coach — a  slow  machine  of  the  olden  time — Wiis 
freighted  not  only  inside,  but  outside.  Eight  indivuiuiils 
were  located  within,  and  eight  more  without.  Of  the  inside 
passeng-ers  Mary  v.aa  one.  Broken-winded,  ring-boned 
liorses,  which  should  have  been  asses,  constituted  the  loco- 
motive power. 

Tlie  driver — Hardy — a  name  beautifully  appropriate  to 
the  owner,  was  as  joUy,  unconcenied  a  soul  as  might  be 
found  from  this  to  the  little  hillock  where  his  "jibes,  his 
gan»bols,  Ids  songs,"  and  himself  now  peacefully  reijosc. 
Sun  and  rain,  hail  and  snow,  aU  kinds  of  weather — fair  or 
foul. — were  all  the  same  to  hivi.  He  had  a  hide  so  tlii«  k, 
and  a  face  so  faii-ly  tanned,  that  it  is  a  question  not  yet 
decided,  whether  he  had  not  in  him  a  little  of  the  rliinoccros. 


A    TALE, 


l;Jl 


id  the  loio- 


,  ■u'  «i  I)oo|,lo  had  a  "rattling  rcirord"  for 

lardy.    ^olcM  volo,.,  tl,e  l,or»es  should  go  th™,,.       J 

"•■;;  7"  ^•'"•^  "  •  "'^  «■•«■'".  "'  times,  a«  it  often  did  sho> 
it.st^lf  below  what  it  ou<.ht  f/i  h«   i  , ,  ' 

it  uugni  to  be,  he  wou kl  nrospntlp  q,wI 

™".H»..u.ly  with  their  derolietic,  help  t     r^th^^ 
"  .urn.,  as  well  a«  to  (heir  s,«ed,  with  diver,  ...eal!  „ 
.el.e„,«.,tk,„d  of  „rove„der,  .uigariy  called  "  J^U, 
H:.y.K)tto».aswortl,yof  aSolo„.     It  ra„  thus  :  "Vty 

"«  '™'.  «'1"<.  „  Btrauge  to  my,  never  grew  wo  J  ^      „ 
ivour,  aimwered  aU  seasons  of  the  vea,-      Hi    iT 
^.»-.e  «.„,pa„iou  of  the  cat,'  ^^^'of  o":t  :;:,.: 

-.^■-.rrt-iteZ^r;;;.^^^^^^^^ 

»:;;■  a'.ove,  he  wa,  the  pe.o,:;fi,.ati;:-"  ^  'Z^JZ 
".     wlup  ,„  on,  ,.„„,,  „„,,  ^^.^^  .„        other™"  '■ 

"'I    years     Few  monareh.  have  «  longer  reign. 

™.s  J      "^/^''^-"'.of  «'-  road.  >,„,,.  wi  now  fairly 

»'"!  "".iMo"  wt  the  n^m  'o"t,     '  "'"  '"*''•     "  '""'"•' 

:»'  -rile  J;:::.  .::r'^,r  ""^  "■•'■''"""• 

-either  heavy.headed;^;;'w,^':,«-^*        ■ 


152 


well!    w  e  l  l  I 


large  amount  of  lead  in  tlu'ir  brains,  could  not  contril,,,!. 
much  U>  one  unotlior'H  happiness.     They  were,  thcrelbiv.  „;| 
a,s  silent  as  misanthropes.    Not  such,  however,  was  the  mu- 
pany   whose   coach-roof  was    tiie   sky.     The   outsideis-a 
merry,  motley  grou])— kicked  up  worlds  of  fun  with  llanly 
who,  be  it  understood,  could  crack  a  joke  nearly  as  well  us 
he  could  crack  a  whip.    All  strangers  as  they  were  to  ea^h 
other,  they  made  the  bm  oi  tlteir  time.     Run  out  of  jokos 
at  last,  one  of  theih,  at  -be  .sii,.rgestio.i  of  the  driver,  striirk 
up,  with  an  excellei^t  vo^ee,  which  jut  spirit  into  the'hors.s 
that  quaint  old  son^.    ■  Dull  (are,"  ihc  melody  of  which  w 
the  true  tone  of  a  sorrowful  heart  that  fain  would  try  at  joy 
The  cliorus  of  this  half-merry,  half-melancholy  strain,  ever 
and  aiK.i!  joined  in  by  th.e  jocund  pafisei.^gers  on  deck,  roiiso,] 
from  their  sle.py  re eries  the  leaden-headed  inmates' IkIow, 
rvlost  of  tiiose,  wljose  iiri:nim  or  doxings  were  thus  disturlied, 
felt  veiy  mutli  a.uioyca  indeed,  and  would,  if  possible,  put 
uu  end  to  the  ballad.    Pity  they  had  not  some  real  cause  of 
complaint.     But  they  had  it  very  soon. 

For  two  unbrol:en  hours  the  singing  had  proceeded,  ami 
was  still  proceeding,  when  to  the  infinite  deliirht  of  ttif 
grumblers  inside,  t'.e  skies,  so  clear,  so  cloudless,  a  moni.m 
before,  suddenly  thi^  kened  up  as  if  by  a  minicle,  and  pound 
down  such  torrents  of  rain  as  ought  certainly  be  suffici<nt  fo 
silence  the  most  enthusiastic  lover  of  song.  "Thank  fur- 
tune,"  exclaimed  the  inmates,  "  that  our  place  is  not  out- 
side."  If  they  knew  what  was  coming,  they  wonhl  ralh.r 
thank  their  stars  that  the  inside  had  not  fallen  to  their  lot 
The  jovial  ^^mates,  seeing  that  the  rain  was  about  doiiiir 
its  best,  gathered  around  their  feet  the  top  cover  of  the 
coach,  then  taking  fast  hold  of  their  umbrellas  to  guard  tli.'m- 
selves  against  the  comliined  forces  of  high  wind  and  pitiloss 
rain,  (;ared  not  for  the  consequences  to  their  fellow-travellers 


'■i'-- 


m 


*    TALE. 


ir,3 


'-  ;;™tl,      Tl,o  i,„|ivi,l„al,,  /„„•,,,.    „.I,o 
^.■IKsat,>iic,l,«.er„„,o,,,,,„,,,,'    ■  7"'  •->  '""mom   l,,|V„.., 
'■'«>•  c,uar.,.,..s  a,„J  .l..irf       ,•:'''''*=■•'"''"-''- ""  '!«. 

^'-y  ■«'-«l.t  guard  .l,c,T  fa  t„", '',"''''{  '"""'''"'■     '""- 

!'»''  to  bear  „ot  onlv  rth  1         ?"''  *''™  '""'■     ''''"y 
tuni  of  imsery.  '  '''•"""'O  .'.l«.'akiug,  »as  the  „!,:,„„. 

1VI.0  ever  ^aw  sutli  rain  ?    Tt 
'"'■■••'1I7.     "Kot  ,|,e  ,ea,    „;  ■  ^'  """'"  ""'  ■''""fe  riv..,^ 

'"■"■'■"'»^e.      Yet  not  Cm  2  flT  """  "'^  ""I  "-^ 
•>i'l.o"t  forbear  their  drcalft    1     ,  '    "'"  "'■''"^■""'«  '«."'l 
"o»-",  and  the  song  .^T^''^  '     '^''^  -""  o...n„ 
-"'e  the  rain,  a,fd  londe^^;  f "  "  ""'"'■*''"'  '    S"-o"g.r 
'^■'    "-  '•ain.  n,ore  voeifer  ,:;  ,        T^'     ^^-''  ""Vh'ily 
";."1  fain  togethercontinned  fo    fit'      ""'-     ^'"'  ■•■"■" 
l''>e  hours?    Paet.     ^nd  al   iLr         ™  """■'"'  '"""•''• 
y  ?     Ye,  several.     0«  a"io    L       T  "'""  """'^  - 
»f  I'lace,  a  traee  I„.oke  a    or  ^    f  I   '"'"■'^'"'>'  ««'  ""' 
7''»  «n-t.    But  as  f„  1     g,!  tsf H"  """'  '■"-'"' 
of  hor,,e.,_therc  was  none  '     ""*'''''  <"•  "  '-'""'t'o 

"-'lc.nt  speed  for  hors,«  ,ha  h-id  2       "    ™  ""  ''""^  ""» 
'."^.•"«  -i'-     One  nnle  an  r",":"  '°. ""  «■'"  "-I 


dark  day; 


's  !     Five  ho 


«r8,  at  four 


''our  was  leisurely 


fe^ait.     O  tho 


lilies  per  liour,  tho/i 


gavo 


154 


w  K  I,  L  !    w  K  r,  I. ! 


a  travel  of  twenty  miles,  which  brought  the  iiiisseiijr(.rs  to 
the  first  station.  In  taking:  these  facts  into  account,  proat 
consideration  must  be  paid  to  Hardy's  time,  and  ours, 
respectively.  That  was  the  age  of  flesh  horses— Mw  is  the 
age  of  iron  ones.  Of  course,  you,  fair  journeyer,  prefer  the 
latter  power.  But  each  has  itfl  advantages.  If  you  take 
the  fonner,  you  will,  without  doubt,  get  home  "  in  propria 
persona"  at  some  time  or  another.  If  you  take  the  latter, 
you  will,  as  likely  as  not,  arrive  at  your  destination  with  a 
raw  head  and  bloody  bones,  or  with  no  head  or  boius 
either — a  style,  you  nnist  confess,  that  does  not  speak  \vt  11 
for  your  progress.     Out,  then,  upon  your  horses  of  iron  ! 

Stage  the  tirst  was  eome.     The  jjassengers  from  above, 
and  from  below,  taking  advantage  of  the  five  minutes  which 
were  now  allowed  them,  hurried  into  the  inn  to  take  some 
refreshment.     "  Bless  my  soul  !  neighbor,"  cried  one  of  the 
outsiders  to  one  of  the  insiders,  who  happened  to  be  dripping 
from  head  to  heel,  "  how  is  it  that  you  are  so  drenched  V 
"  Drenched — drenched  !"  repeated  the  other,  evidently  in 
bad  tamper — "  there's  more  rain  in  that  coach  than  there's 
triLt  of  it."     "  How  is  that  ?"     "  Why,  it  leaks  like  a  sieve." 
"  You  don't  say  !"  exclaimed  the  wily  questioner,  who  knew 
better  than  his  neighbor  the  cause  of  the  grievance.  "  Driver," 
cried  the  wet  man  of  the  inside,  "this  old  coach  leaks  like 
a  basket — can't  you  put  on  a  better  one  ?"     "  I'd  like  to 
know,"  responded  the  wicked  Hardy,  "  what  wouldn't  leak 
in  weather  like  this.     Why,  the  whole  world  is  uncorked 
to-day,  and  out  at  ends  completely."     "  The  d — 1 1"  said 
the  man,  quite  wroth  with  so  wet  a  piece  of  consolation. 
The  others  of  the  inside,  too  exasperated  with  the  singers 
and  the  coach  together,  to  look  for  any  redress,  in  smoky 
silence  guzzled,  with  backs  to  the  fire,  a  bumper  of  brandy 
each.     Less  unfortunate  than  her  misanthropic  associates, 


^     T  .U,  K 


ir».'j 


nisHPtJji^crs  to 
•count,  fxvi-nt 
\  and  ours, 
— this  is  the 
T,  prefer  the 
If  you  take 
"  in  jiropria 
e  the  lattiT, 
lation  with  a 
id  or  l)oii(s 
t  speak  \V(  11 
3  of  iron  ! 
from  above, 
inutes  which 

0  take  some 
i  one  of  the 

1  be  drippiiiir 
drenched  y" 

evidently  in 
than  tliere's 
like  a  sieve." 
r,  who  know 
?.  "Driver," 
?h  leaks  like 
'  I'd  like  to 
ouldn't  leiik 
is  uncorked 
d— 1 1"  said 
consolation. 

the  sinjrers 
R,  in  smoky 
r  of  brandy 

associates, 


3fary,  havin-  occu].ied  a  (•orM<T  uln..l. 

''-^-eralfuulto^heinte     ;::    rr'-''"'^^^^^ 
<io  couiplaint  to  make     Th         n  ""'^  *'"''  ^'''^  ''"'^ 

"Wlmtovcrsky'H  above  mo, 
"ere  a  «  heart  for  every  fute." 

Hardy  blew  his  horn.     Just  then   as  if  th.t  ^ 
'""yi<«I  one,  having  power  over     1'  ^'^  ''''''  '^ 

-"  of  rain,  A-o.  a  I^  ^     ,    :S^T'^  """"''"^'  "^ 
tlii'ig  of  the  kind  that  )nul  fu  ^'  transcended  anv- 

--d  of  the  .1?  11!''?,"?*''^^^''"^--     At  the 
^v'-ose  musical  5 L      ,    ?"       ,  f'T"  ^^^^"^""""^  "-' 

-l-tive  positior:  bX?  ""^'  '""^^'  ^"'  ''^'  ^^-^ 

"Couldn't  you  stop  a  miiiuto  driviT  tni  .1  •   •. 
^u  Juediy  asked  the  man  ,vl,„'c     d   i'l  "  *»•«<»■"?" 
tide.     ..  Well,"  .vpliod  Hardy     00  /        T'""'"'""  ''''^ 
l».^«We  ;"  a„d  without  sayC  L  0  .^-    ""I-    "  "'"''''  '' 

'.-•a.  u„eo„.„.  fo:x^;;Lt:'::^;  "'-"^"^  "■■^  «"" 

f^^r  all  the  world  liko  ,;      .  '"'^  ^^'^'^'^  l"I't*,  ai.!  i  Xikin- 

«l«t»,  a  l.,h  apieee  to  '.I,  V  L  uot'^'  T  "" 

'"K  "Ut,  "  Go  it,  ye  cripplos  I"  "'^'  ""*'  <"^- 

Od-cloth  and  umbrellas  nrre  nnt  t„  .1   •   » 
Tlien,  to  the  ntter  mnwifi    .       "^   .  '"'  '^°™'""  ''<'''"™- 

•nrt  cxoeTT    T[         ""  ""'^  *'"•"""■<'«  "f  all,  save 

fe  song  and  down  eame  (he  rain.     Th,.  hvket-e.„oh 


U^(j 


W  E  L  L  I     W  K  I.  1,  I 


leaked  right  merrily,  and  every  man  witliin  was  n  martvr. 
Wlio,  being  tauglit  in  a  rain-storm,  would  not  hoist  an  um- 
brella ?     Jsobody.     Who,  having  an  umbrella,  could  hoi.si 
an  umbrella  in  a  stage  coach  ?     Ko  one.     And  so  it  wus. 
A  man  may  be  rained  to  death,  as  well  as  burned  to  dealt,. 
There  arc  many  ways  of  killing  a  dog  without  choking  l,in, 
with  Ijutter.     Pity,  then,  the  sorrows  of  those  poor  mi-saii- 
tliroj)es,  who,  now  al)out  to  be  rained  to  death  in  the  coiuh, 
understand  perfectly  well  for  the  tirst  time  in  their  lives,  tlmt 
♦ho  case  of  a  man  may  sometimes  be  deserving  of  symj»atii v. 
Yet  this  rain  is  a  good  thing.     Our  martyr-mi.santhinjM, 
learn  a  salutary  lesson  from  it,  and  jjrobably,  by  the  time 
that  they  have  soaked  m  a  deluge  of  ten  hours' dura tiui,, 
they  will  ',vh.;^ly  recover  their  humanity. 

Tiiere  was  aloft  an  extempore  rhymer,  who  suddenly 
pitched,  in  a  well  known  air,  the  following  little  rhapsody, 
explanatory  both  of  times  and  things  ; 

Rain  from  without,  aud  ruin  from  within, 
Ruin  puuruig  down  thro'  thick,  and  tliro'  thin. 
Ruin  in  tlie  uubin,  and  nun  on  deck, 
Rain  by  the  himhol,  und  not  by  the  peck  I 

But  tlie  day  is  long, 

And  wo  ure  Htroiig, 
And  we'll  cliccr  the  wt-t     cnther  with  Bon^r  song,  song, 

Song,  hong,  song. 
And  we'll  cheer  the  wild  weather  with  song » 

Tilt  oil-cloth  itself  is  out  of  its  place, 
Making  the  inside  a  very  hard  csise  ; 
Umbrelloa  t/teff,  tho',  are  not  what  they're  her 
Which  is— more's  tho  pity— exceedingly  queer  1 

Bat  the  day  is  long, 

Arid  we  are  strong, 
And  we'll  cheer  the  wet  weathei    vith  song,  r-ong,  song, 

Bong,  song,  song, 
And  we'll  ■'  y  the  wet  weather  with  song  1 


as  n  martyr, 
hoLst  un  iiiii- 
.,  could  hubt 
11(1  so  it  Wiis. 
led  to  deaiii. 
<'liokiiio-  liiuj 

poor  iiiihiui- 
ill  the  eoiicli, 
'ir  lives,  tluit 
otK}'iu]»afliy. 
inisantliiiij/t- 

1))'  the  tiuie 
irs'  dura t  lull, 

Iio  suddenly 
le  rha])sod)-, 


^    T  A  L  E . 

"Bravo  I"  roared  Hardv  "fh-.f'H    .•  , 
'•'-•p..J.enedonc:n:r^Gt"'''""^ 

..c.«i  .1.0  o,i:eM„!j:i, "/:":"■"'»  ^™ -■  wi.o 

r™...  .l.e  „,o„  «.,,„  ,„.«      It'":    "f"™''""  "•"'"  ..l-"ve 

"•«.K.«  »l,„w..r,  a„,i  c.™«.,e»°  Z  tiM,'"'""' '   '■"■"''"■' 

10  |«irt  on  (he  r»irt  of  .i,„  *"         ""  '"'''^•''"■'■■'t  luivli 

""">  1-1»™  of  d  ."^r    :""  .'""■*■'  ""-•  I""-"-™  »"iv,.  at 

Daivfuec's  hotel  '       "'•'"""'  f"'  "  "'S^'^  "t  II,, 


oiig,  song, 


rl 


iing,  song, 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 

SHADE   AND    SUNsIIIXe. 

WiiERK  now  had  Mary  a  fnV.wl  9    t.    , .  «. 
«-«^  a  Hollander,  nhow.d  a  fair  ,  '"^  '^''^  '"•^^'  ^^"''^ 

'"'r-  tl.at  friendship  in      nr.n    ,1     Z   '  "'""^"•^'"^''Ivinlorn.oU 
^''•'-     Beyond  eulin,  iZui^^  T  ^^'^^^">-  '"'1- 

';'^;o  thought  ,.t.LtL:::;;^rs^ 

^f"II  fee(hnff.  he  nuff,..!  }.;.  .  itrnity.     l„t  even  to 

«"«H.'ss,  hand., :  h  :^"::^'i,:" "™"' '""  ^"'"  «— 

l™  "ike  u  UiasoWog  .iew,  sc^ly  p      "^  ^    """'';"^  '" 


158 


W  F,  I,  I.  !     W  K  I.  1,  ! 


ull  but  K'^no.  Cliucklc-l.eiuUHl  servants-  oomitrym.-n,  nnd 
liknu'sscs  of  the  host—of  heavy  quarU'r.  md  full  moou  face, 
lazily,  luuilH-ringly  wadUU'd  froui  room  ^o  room.  If  there 
was,  in  cither  s*-rvauts  or  master,  a  s.iutilla  of  feelinj^,  save 
that  whuii  belongs  to  monopoly  and  sellishneas,  then  ull 
physiognomy  in  a  follv  ami  a  farce.  Might  you  judge  from 
the  surly,  slow,  chill  numner,  in  which  ma^^ter  and  servants 
attended'you,  it  would  ntrike  you  that  the  sentiment  of  ull 
eoueerned,  if  exi.ressed,  would  be,  "  We  are  here  apparently 
to  feed  and  refresh  the  traveller,  y)ut  really  to  cMtx;h  at  his 
money,  and  chuckle  over  the  gains." 

Where  now  had  Mary  u  friend  ?  Perhaps  the  newspa- 
per lyhig  uiM>n  the  table  before  her  may  thr.)w  some  li^lit 
upon  a  sulyeet  so  dark.  She  took  up  the  pai.er  and  be-aii 
to  read  the  advertisements.  "  Wanted,  wante.l,"  were  words 
of  frequent  occurrence.  "  Wanted  a  bgokkeeiK'r  "~"  Want- 
ed a  hundrtHl  tailors  "—Wanted,  wanted,  wanted. 

Is  there  no  one  in  want  of  a  governess,  or  a  female  teach- 
er?    She  read  on,  and  found  many  wants  ;  at  length,  far 
below,  towards  the  bottom  of  a  page  she  read,  "  Wanted  a 
governess."    Will  it  do  ?     No,  no.    Ah  1  disappointment  ! 
how  close  you  follow  hoi)e.     Are  ye  sisters  that  ye  are  sn(  li 
mseparable   companions  ?     Ye  may  be  so,  for  sister  and 
sister  are  often  as  different  as  ye.     "  Wanted  a  governess 
who  can  teach  French,  music,  and  drawing.     None  but  a 
Protestant  need  apply."    Read  on,  Mary,  and  find  a  better 
notice.     Soon  she  read,  "  Wanted  a  young  woman  who  ran 
teach  reading,  writing,  and  English  grammar.     None  but 
a  Protestant  need  apply."     And  she  read  many  such  adver- 
tisements, and  found  expressed  the  self-same  cold  condition. 
Where  tiow  had  Mary  a  friend  ?    The  house  had  none, 
neither  had  the  newspaper.     Where  was  she  to  look,  whi- 
ther was  she  to  bend  her  way  ?  What  a  blank  was  the  world 


A    TALE 


ir.9 


all  round     Sl„.  know  now  in  all  its  .Iroad  r.-ality  what  it  i« 
to  he  a  Htranj^er.     Tlie  r.'nicrnbranco  of  lionuC  whirii  was 
inunifold,  anrl  not  to  he  nuM.tioru.l  hore  ;  the  renu.nil,ru„oo 
of  the  voyage,  and  the  burial  of  the  student  ;  the  ren.eni. 
hraii.T  of  the  doctor  and  his  fair  htth-  dauKhter  ;  the  renieni- 
hrunce-hut  this  for  another  pa-e— all  earne  over  her  with 
tprrihle  effect,  and  made  her  feel  utterly  miserable      Where 
now  ha<l  Mary  a  friend  ^     Faith,  and  Hop,-,  these  friends 
liait  furpotten  for  a  season,  emne  at  h^n^'th  to  her  assistance 
huth  whispered  to  her  many  thiuKs  that  lifted  her  droopin^r 
H.il  ;  told  her  tlie  jrjory  of  suflferin-  told  her  of  the  hiuli 
Iki-oic  coura^'e  displayed  by  thousands  when  the  iiour  of 
fnal  earae-told  her  of  triun-ph  at  the  last,  aiKl  breath<-<l 
|;.a.e  throu-h  all  her  hviufr,     Ti.^n  Hope,  the  radiant  spi. 
1%  pomtn.p  U)  the  skies,  sang  songs  of  a  griefless  world 
^vhere  her  eternal  home  was  placed,  of  joy,  and  bloom,  and 
liiilit,  and  friendship,  and  felicity. 

n.ese  friends,  not  of  the  body,  but  the  soul,  made  her 
soul  strong  enough  to  trample  ui)on  the  body's  pangs,  and 
tliat  body  to  participate  in  the  solace  which  but  these  friends 
of  the  soul  can  give.     Yet,  p.-rhaps  not  solely  of  the  soul 
are  Faith  and  Hope  the  friends.     They  are  somelinies   it 
>miy  he  said,  the  friends  of  the  body,  too.     'i'heir  visions 
and  their  promises  are  not  always  of  things  beyond  the 
jrrave.     Those  promises  and  visions  are  not  seldom  |kt- 
iormed  and  realized  even  here.     To  Mary  did  they  now 
whisper  not  only  of  heavenly,  but  of  earthly  consolation 
And  in  this  they  did  not  deceive.     The  solace  was  near  at 
huni. 

The  evening  on  which  she  arrived  at  the  hotel  hai)i)ened 
to  be  that  of  a  Fast  Day.  This  circumstance,  if  there  were 
no  other,  would  be  quite  sufficient  to  show  her  by  what 
kind  of  persona  she  wn^  snrrnnn^if^       Af  ^ *-•_  - 


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well!   w  f.  l  l  ! 


twi'iity  or  more  la<lit»s  ajul  j^oiitlcinLMi  sat  down  to  talilc. 
She  aiii()ii<?  the  rest  wtw  asked  liy  the  earver  whether  or  not 
he  would  help  her  to  some  ehicken.  Of  eourse  she  woiihi 
not.  None  else  reAised.  hninediately  the  eoniimny  h)ok.(l 
u]>on  her  with  the  suspicion  that  slie  was  a  Catliohe.  The 
cftrver,  in  particuhir,  a  pompous,  whiskered,  yet  very  ipnv 
rant  pretender,  conehided  that  she  must  be  of  those  whose 
portion  is  not  lijrht,  but  darkness.  "  Mr.  l>oit<'r,"  said  lie, 
nchlressuig  himself  to  a  counterfeit  of  humanity  that  \v;is 
gormandizuif^  at  the  opposite  end  of  the  table,  "  have  you 
seen  that  article  of  the  '  Advertiser '  about  Popery  V 
"  No,"  was  the  reply. 

"  It  pives,"  said  the  carver,  "  an  exposition  of  that  proph- 
ecy witii  regard  to  the  l)oast  and  the  man  of  sin,  and  to  my 
mind  shows  very  clearly  indeed,  that  the  Tope's  downfall 
will  tjike  place  in  aliout  two  vears." 

"  I  should  hke  very  nuich  to  see  it,"  observed  Mr.  Bol- 
ter, "is  it  an  original  article  ?" 

"  No,"  replied  the  carver  (as  it  was  true  for  him  in  niorc 
senses  than  one),  "  I  think  that  it  is  copied  from  a  London 
jourmil." 

"  Is  it,  indeed  ?"  remarked  Bolter. 

"  How  unaccountable  it  is,"  proceeded  the  otlier,  "fliat 
such  a  gigantic  superstition  as  Popery  lujs  laste<l  even  tlnn 
h)ng.  Why  men  had  not  shaken  it  off  before  the  Reforma- 
tion is  truly  inexplicable." 

Here  the  very  ignorant  pretender  went  to  great  lengths 
in  reminding  liis  aijdietuH!  of  the  viirious  hnnnliating  oltlii^a- 
tions  imder  which  Catholicity  puts  its  members.  "  Is  it  :iot 
strange,"  asked  lie,  "  that  nu'u  knowing  anytliing  of  the 
Scriptun*  would  submit,  even  for  an  instant,  to  such  mon- 
strouti  tyranny  ?" 

Tlie  other  ignorant  grentlenmn  U»gan  t«  accoimt  for  it  l)y 


A    TAf,  E, 


ved  Mr.  liol- 


i<;i 


fiiiyiiip  tliat,  a.s  no  one  befbro  fl.n  u  r 

w".„l,.rn,l  „r,„,.  „||  '*■  "'"  •^^"^^  """'loJ  t"  "^«  >..,( 

for  a   mon»..nt.     Evvrv  ono  ,.,.»      .  '"^  '^^'■•''» 

tliou^-htfl.  ^  '"    "ff^'«>"»ee   to    iii.s 

Jf  the  company  had  at  firsf  «.,!,, 
I--.'  a  C„H,„|ie    they  "0"^  „n  'l     "''""";'""  '"  ''-'^'^ 

""Ti.a.i  ,io„o.  s„„  i«d  .,,  ts„  ;;:;:rV'!'  '■  '"■'"" 

""'"  proc,H.,le,l  to  another  roo„,  *"  ^"  ""■*'■  "'"' 

f'lllv  ol,*rv,.,|.     When  .he  1  1        ,      '         ■''"'  "■"•"  '"" 
*'■  ref„so,i  ,0  be  helped   ^     it        ,';  ''"'''"'-■'>■•     When 

"■TO  „,K,„  her,  ve, ,,;.",    ''''•'''';'''•'••"-''••'"• - 


'""»''<•  ^"  '^".     Thfv  p„ii  ,1 


and 


r>nll  down  that  <t<^h 


put  it  in  some  dark  cornerr  N 


ever 


162 


well!    w  f.  l  l 


do  they  wear  it  if  they  are  not   inin<!rrm«j^  >\-ith  their  own 
Always  do  they  slight  it  U'  they  are  seated  witli  the  seoitVr. 
Catholics  of  such  a  cheek  are  always  the  more  heartily  de- 
s)»Lsed,  and  the  more  they  try,  'oy  means  like  this,  to  recon- 
cile those  outside  them,  the  worse  do  they  succeed. 

Next  morning  the  same  parties,  with  one  or  two  achli- 
tions,  sat  down  to  breakfast.  One  of  the  new  comers — a 
gentleman — took  his  seat  immediately  opposite  to  Mary, 
and  very  soon  showed  that  he  was  a  Catholic.  She  at  si^^lit 
of  him  fancied  herself  half  at  home,  and  ex[>eriencod  unusual 
huppinefis.  Feel'mg  that  she  had  a  claim  U|)on  his  sympatliv, 
she  succee<]cd,  after  breakfast,  in  getting  into  a  convcrsiir 
tion  with  him,  and  discovered  that  he  was  a  priest.  This 
was  the  friend  which  her  hope  of  the  previoiL'^  eveiung  had 
promised.  She  felt  exceetlingly  happy,  and  tnLsting  in  him 
as  her  best  conRolcr  on  earth,  made  known  to  him  her  con- 
dition as  well  as  her  history,  and  inquired  what  she  should 
do. 

"  Well,  my  child,"  said  he,  rather  surprised  at  her  vciy 
singular  story,  "  I  am  not  acquainted  here,  but  I  will  give 
you  a  letter  of  introduction  to  a  clergyman  living  in  tlm 
next  town,  who  will,  I  feel  confident,  procure  you  a  place." 

Mary  returned  many  thanks.  The  priest  wrote  the  not*', 
stated  her  qualifications,  and  jiLst  finished  his  advice,  when 
the  stage-horn  sounding,  hurried  hun  on  his  way. 

After  a  weary  jaunt  of  another  day,  the  lonely  girl  ar- 
rived at  the  town,  and  made  no  delay  in  calling  at  the  cler- 
gyman's house. 

"  My  good  child,"  he  began,  "it  is  next  to  ini|Htssible  to 
make  out  a  situation  for  one  like  you.  The  Catholics  nt' 
this  f)art  of  the  world,  being  all  late  comers,  are  generally 
poor,  and  have  no  necessity  for  the  things  of  which  you 
BjX'ak.     Yon  might  get  a  place  in  some  Protestant  family, 


A    T  A  L  E  I 


Ifl.-? 


hut  wliere  I  cannot  cxju-tlv  <nv     ^n,  .  i 
imm  accustomed  to  tcacl.  m„l  ■  " '  "  '"'"""  *'"■ 

A  i>,«te»taut  would :'::;.  ^^"^i'''^;;"^  -"-^'-y- 

"IlKTcmy  child,"  «dd  the  cler^rnan    "il  I',,, 
^0.,  had  totte,  „.,.k„  „„  dehtj  in  a^!    i„„      .V,      "' 
»jai.U.  with  that  fau,i„,  /would' l-ui    di.,.;  .  ,7™ 
l«l.aps  It  isjust  as  well,  i„„s,„„,|,  „„  „    ,.     ,   .'  ^^    '■  '" f 
..-.on  miKhtdoyou  more  !,„„„  tl.,„     '^      T  """' " 

arc  »„„dcrfuily  inimical  to  us  esnc.ciair    r        T   '",■"'" 

....J  I  SN,ccR.|y  hop,,  that  you  ,„„  |,e  „,cce,^^  d      T         ' 
«  moTueut,  aud  1  will  scud  u,v  raau  to  T  """ 

the  pliwc."  ^  '°  •"■"'"l'""y  you  (0 

She  was  soon  escorted  to  T_      ,i 

•    "'"i'^""ff  that  It  made  a  vt»rv  fnv<.r..i>h-  ; 
■  ^'"'^■— -".y  .rflgjr,,.n.U.     To   become  a   mere 


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well!   well! 


rhamber-maid,  was  rather  too  menial  an  oflGce,  altojrether 
However,  as  raisfortune  must  have  no  ehoice,  she  niiul.  up 
her  mind,  and  told  the  lady  that  she  was  willing  to  aca-.'t 
the  offer. 

Mary's  duty  was  soon  marked  out,  and  her  wandcrin-^ 
was  over  for  a  while.  " 

Mrs.  Baxter,  the  mistress  of  the  house  of  which  our 
lonely  friend  was  now  an  inmate,  was,  as  she  sat  in  licr 
si>aciou8  arm-chair,  as  fine  a  personification  of  comfort  inid 
eaije  as  might  be  found  in  any  part  of  the  world.     She  liad 
a  great  rosy  cornitenance  of  excellent  formation,  an  eve 
that  was  truly  eloquent,  and  a  forehead  that  was  command- 
ing enough  for  a  Catharine  of  Russia.     On  the  whole  it 
would  be  impossible  for  a  stranger  not  to  admire  her     If 
phrenologists  say  true,  she  ought  to  have  a  kindly  h.art 
and  a  mind  of  quick  intelligence.     Her  matronly  looks  were 
very  agreeable  to  Mary.     As  to  the  rest,  we  will  have  occa- 
slon  to  know  more  by  and  by. 

Mrs.  Baxter  had  two  daughters,  one  about  fifteen  sum 
mers,  and  another  about  seventeen.     The  elder,  Julia,  wius 
tt  fat  i^irl,  whom  no  one  would  take  for  a  very  remarkal.lo 
person.     The  younger,  Gertrude,  was  a  wiry,  airy  creature, 
whose  quick  turn,  symmetrical  figure,  and  fair  face,  were 
the  subject  of  ev^.'rybody'a  laudations.     Julia  had  no'  taste 
for  music,  for  French,  or,  in  fact,  for  anything  except  fine 
dresses,  lates'  fiishions,  and  a  prolusion  of  jewelry.     All  she 
could  do  was  to  adorn  her  person,  read  sentimental  novels, 
and  go  to  evening  meeting,  for  which  last  she  had  a  prodi' 
gious  predilection.     There  was  another  thing  which  was  a 
iivt  of  Julia,  and  that  was  the  Bible.     The  Song  of  80I0 
Uion,  or,  as  the  Church  styles  it,  the  Canticle  of  Canti.l.s, 
was  the  Scripture  which  she  took  particular  delight  in  read- 
ing.    Whether  she  made  this  her  choice  from  the  fact  that 


^    TALE 


165 


her  waiulcriiit^ 


' -iK-.     As,  l,„„,.v<.r  it  .-si    "         "'  ""•'  ''"■^""''  !<""»- 

'-'  ^«,.ipi„.r  ccr./„>  ./J.,™, ';;''::;"""  "'■'•'■''  ro<>'»  -».. 

stmlW  it  because  it  dij  „ot',  v  ,7  """'"'  "'"«  «l"= 
f.l  tl.o.,e  cI,a,„or.s  „-|,id,  ZmII  "'"'^■'^"""I'"»?.  «« 
"■'  '-"tu'le  by  rou,  a,„l  i„  ,,  .  'j^  "'»^-  ^Lo  had 
"  -/eligious.     So  ,„uc..,  for  }Z ^        '"'  ""•""'■"-'- 

"<"  «>„  fastidious.    Sl,e  c-™  J  V       ■  '  ""'  ■''"•  "■»« 

^-f--itl,e.ouud.„,J,:       ,::'7;.'^<oo,buts,,o 
l«'i,.sc.r  of  the  Scriptures  narti,.,,     r   .,  '  "''"»■'  "  K™'t 

•*"  »as  „ot.     She  had  kee,       '"  '     ^  ''""'''  "' '"'">'"'•"■ 
me  was  a  n,ost  mysterio  ;'Tf  I"  -«  """  »'^- 

CO..W  understand  scarcely  „  ythh,!     w°,f  "'  "''''■''  ^"« 
S«»g  of  Solomon,  she  was  oft      L.^  1      "T"  '"  "'" 

p^^^ttii^r:r.rtor.':^tr'-^ 

»^ewl,attheythiulcofherrespeethely.        "'"'  "'""<''.  <^'>d 


166 


w  f:  I.  T.  !    w  K  I,  I.  I 


I 


CHAPTER  XXVIL 

CONGENIAL  AND  UNCONGENIAL. 

The  young  woman,  who  had  anticipated  Mary  at  Afrs 
Baxter's,  was  goveriiesa  to  Gertrude,  not  Julia.  For  Ih,, 
reasons  Julia  needed  no  tutoress.  First,  having  no  tast,.  fur 
the  fuie  artf?,  she  never  attempted  them— secondly,  she  w,is 
of  an  age  that  recpiired  no  sehooling. 

Perhaps  the  word  governess  in  the  present  instaiiee  is 
not  altogetiier  appropriate.  Teacher  is  prol)al)ly  „,nn. 
correct. 

Gertrude's  teacher,  then,  was  a  thin  ethereal  kind  of  mai- 
den, over  whose  brow  no  less  than  thirty  summers  had  v<m, 
and  gone.     Though  not  brilliant  in  music,  she  had  never- 
theless an  uncommon  vanity.     While  she  herself  was  tliu 
reigning  oracle,  it  would  be  difficult  for  another  to  v.M.tinva 
word.     She  was,  besides,  a  cold,  moonshiny  being,  as  prim  n< 
a  mustard-pot,  and  as  puritanical  as  the  grayest  father  of 
Plymouth  Rock.      Her  religion,  about  which  she  alwav. 
made  a  great  "fuss,"  consisted  of  a  parlor  edition  of  WattV 
Hymns,  a  book  of  common  prayer  having  two  gold  clasps, 
and  a  Bible  of  the  Lion  and  Unicorn  frontispiece.    A  Catlm- 
He  seemed  to  her  so  nasty  a  creature,  that  she   couM  not 
think  of  touching  him  without  (he  assistance  of  a  pair  of 
tongs.     If  the  tongs  belonged  to  the   parlor,  thev  wonl.l 
not  after  such  use  be  fit.,  she  thought,  for  a  place  .Iruiur 
than  a  kitchen.     She  whs  not  quite  certain  whetlior  sn<  h  an 
individual  was  minus  a  tail  or  not.     She  always   talked  j.v 
the  card.     She  co.dd  not  be  compared  to  anvthing  nn.ler 
heaven.     It  is  not  unlikely  that  she  waj^  a  splinter  from  tli- 
North  pole.     When  she  entered  a  room,  the  atmosphere  iiD- 


*     til.!!. 

-■''  •■">"<  iike  al,„k,/  '';„t:,:,  «™™-  »ol.,  „,„, 
"■W.".'  «»  none    l,„e  ,„e  ra^.,   I   '"'  ■''"■  "•»"  «"'■'■  "n 

Olara  was  not  !„„„  „,    x,,^    „  ' 
*.  OcrtruCo  fai,,,  a,,:,,,',;:;:   '  ^""^^    T'';!  »«"  "'iv.'.) 

'"■'•  "i^'T.      Clara   „„,l  .r„  ;„  *^'"""""  '"»"l"'  f"r 

«■"; »'«,.  „„,„  „„  I;;,;  J   ;;;"".  i-o-,.  ,.r  t.,c  rati., 

"'Other,  who  love,l  l,o,h  eh^l  i         "      '  '"'  ''"■"">''■    Th, 

Clara  wa.,  cxeeedin^k  f'rf!.  "■'""■"'  •"■  "■'"'•'•  'v.Te  tha ' 

«.-.  Imd  eno„,h  to  d„  i,  ™  l^i,  r:™''^  '•""-''-■'l  .ha^ 
*""<'"«  b„t  ,„iniste,.  «ntr,t"oV.'.      ;?'"■"'■'''■"-»"'' 
"•«*-red  that  the  hvm„s  o    D    W     '"  """"■     """^  "'^ 
»"-'  -«'«..  prose,  «n,r,herefl  ha,,       .  '•  "■""'  ••""  P""'"'. 
"yrceable,  or  even  tolerable     n  „  '  '' '"  """''"'  "'™ 

™,<oo  chilling,  too  ,io^,„„,K    ,™  ;■"■;  ""^™>-or,  (oop,^ 
W-^Oertr„de  wa,  .0  ea.,.  T'iT  ""■'"'"•"'  f<"-  "ne  Uo 

P"*T  these  cirenmZl     ^'  "'"■  """'  "»""•"'• 

-w  '■"  ber  hatri^'T;::  w,::;""t  "^  "'-"-^  ^^-'y 

;  -  new  Office,  -n.at  nj;  J  ,f„'"'^-  T'--  ontered 
W."  iTinffseongeniaJ  dispositiol'  '"'''''''''''' "■'"'<■''  '"varia- 
«-™de  and  Man-  i,.  L::;^;:*"'  ""^  '""•^■^'•>'  ""'""' 

^•^er  their  aftrm.t 


As 


=56aj%T  to 


i'>fifl  trrpi 


'^  «-«K-n  other  borne  J" 


168 


W  R  I,  L  !     W  K  I-  I,  ! 


Clara  ami  .Julia  were  tlew  drops  that  miii}?le(l  upon  quit(i 
a  different  leaf.  There  was  no  possibility  of  their  niingliiig 
ui)on  that  of  Mary  and  Gertrude. 

A.s  Mary  had  offered  herself  to  teach  music,  French,  un.l 
drawing,  it  is  evident  that  she  was  not  long  without  beiiiir 
called  on  for  a  proof  of  her  powers.     She  gave  it  to  tU 
satisfaction  of  her  friends,  but  not  to  the  satisfaction  of  ull. 
When  she  fully  uroved  her  knowledge  of  French,  and  win  ii 
she  gave  specimens  of  her  drawing,  Clura,  who  knew  but  u 
"  smattering  "  of  the  latter,  and  nothing  of  the  former,  was 
sujik  down  far  below  zero.     Despite  the  morality  of  Watt^' 
hynms,  and  her  constant  reading  of  the  Book  of  Books, 
Clara  as  a  matter  of  course  bit  her  lips  with  chagrin,  am' 
wore  her  heart  with  jealousy.     If  her  disposition  was  befcn; 
different  from  Mary's,  it  was  doubly  different  now.    Slie 
was  never  to  be  a  dew  drop  to  Mary,  as  Mary  was  never  to 
be  one  to  her.     In  this  display  of  knowledge  and  skill,  it 
was  proved  that  there  had  taken  i)lace  a  contact  wliich 
demonstratively   showed    the    presence   of    two    opposing 
powers,  between  whom  friendly  relations  could  scarce  be 

established. 

When  Mrs.  Baxter  engaged  Mary  for  the  office  which 
was  then  open,  she  made  no  inquiries  about  the  girl's  reli- 
gion. Had  Mary  made  application  soon(!r  as  a  teacher  or 
governess,  there  is  no  doubt  that  Mrs.  Baxter  would  have 
questioned  her  concerning  her  creed.  The  rea.son  is  that  a 
Protestant  was  the  desideratum  for  a  position  like  that,  hut 
for  the  position  of  a  mere  chamber-maid,  a  Catholic  was 
not  unacceptable.  The  matron  was,  however,  soon  aware 
of  the  rer.gious  convictions  of  the  stranger. 

About  this  time,  Gertrude,  delighted  with  Mary's  talents 
and  manner,  requested  her  mother  to  discharge  Clam, 
whom,  she  said,  she  could  not  endure,  and  to  put  Mary  ;s 


A    T  A  r.  E 


109 


1-  sto^od.     ms  Mr.,.  Ba.v,.r  ,v„s  not  .illi,.,  ,.,  .,„ ,. 

>>M  l,er  „„t  a  ifuk      sh    had  h      r'"     ^  "•'  '''"  ""■"'• 

nei.tJy  »u,K.rior  to  Clara's.     I,ik„  i|,..  x,.,,  '"',"""  ''""• 
««ea  no   ,.e„.-h„.,t    for  d    r  ,!    i,  '"■';"''■  '""  '"'^ 

«l-"^  un,,ra,.,ica.,     She  Ik  fc   f.    7 ,  1 '        T"   ""' 

'"..-  rdigion,  „n,l  »he  »on,Hi e  ..       „  1    7,;":,'"'    """ 

At  prm.nt  she  was  not  ,„.,f„.,lv  Z         ".';"""'"'  ''""''• 
."  »l.ich  she  nonnnally  h    1  b„f  T    h       """  ""  "''""" 

"""  ''»*  »"t  he  so  har,l.     I„  the  n^J^'C^^ 
■on,  notmthstan,lh,«  the  nasettled  state  of  her     n7J  ;" 

liambei^.  It  may  be  said  tlnit  she  «-n.s  one  of  tho«c  u-hn 
i.ora  ..th  natnral  gifts,  yet  nnr,,od  in  ,h,.  era.lle  of  .1^. "' 
"llovv  a  whole  life  t«  pass  „„ay  without  taki.l  tl  " ' 

to  whir'h  th^;..  K  .*  «"uouc  uiiCHip^  thftt  course 

.!j  .«e  a  froofl  ai-iuiient  for  the  opposite 
>x  perfectly  oveijoye<l.     She  mshed 


wot 


j:>o.s 


to 


m^^' 


no 


W  K  L  I,  !     W  K  I.  r. 


remtiin   what   slie  W!i>      Tier   strong   rcasoiiiji;^  fu.'uliHs 
would,  in  spite  of  her,  tuli  lior  at  times  thatsiie  inuM  chaii-,. 
lliul  siio  possesseil  no  cloiiror  reusoniiig  power  than  M  ,. 
M'DouiT'ld,   her  mind  woal  I  never  mar    her  tratuinillity. 
Thus  was  she  always  uneasy.     Mrs.  M'Dou,t,nild,  whos^.  reli- 
Kouiu.ir  faculties  were  very  defiei.nt,  never  had  the  edj,'o  of 
her  biiTotry  blunted.     Thus  wiis  she  always  tran(|uil.     The 
difference  iMitween  them  is  this,  that  one  was  a  l>iu:ot  whose 
eyes  were  eternally   hlind— the  other  was  a  bigot  wlio> 
eyes  were  occasionally  open.     During  Mrs.  Baxter's  short 
Intervals  of  light  or  truth— intiirvals  that  wore  very  tran- 
sient indeed — she  was  u  mistre&s  of  whom  no  Catholic  girl 
could    complain.       Her    kindness    and    consideration,   on 
those  occasions,  were  great.     Durin-  lier  long  intervals  of 
darkness,  or  error— intervals  that   were  very  lengtheiicd 
indeed— she  was  a  mistress  whom  every  Catholic  girl  woiiM 
put  in  the  same  class  with  Mrs.  M'Dougaid.     Iter  dislike 
and  oi>position  then  were  painful.     Her  eralJem  is  very  well 
seen  in  the  following.     Sometimes  the  pendulum  of  a  clock 
makes  one  shui  l  and  one  long  oscillauon.     This  uneven 
ness  of  action  is  owing  to  the  uuevenness  of  foundation 
upon  which  the  clock   stands.     Mrs.  Baxter  was  exactly 
like  the  pendulum.     Iler  long  inclination,  or  swinging,  or 
oscillation,  was  her  Protestantism — her  short  one  was  her 
Ca  Jiolicity.     This  action  of  that  lady  is  of  course  attrihuta- 
ble  to  the  unstable  ground  upon  which  rested  her  private 
judgment. 

Henceforth,  then,  let  her  be  called  the  Pendulum. 

Mr  George  Baxter,  who  deserves  a  few  words,  was  a  fat, 
slow,  dul).  good  naturefl  fellow,  that  never  knew  his  own 
opinion,  much  less  that  of  his  neighbor.  Ifis  father,  an  old 
soldier,  had  no  time  to  bestow  on  either  the  secular  or  r.li- 
gious  cultivation  of  his  sou's  mind.    Baxter's  mind  if  mind  he 


A     T  A  I   K  . 


171 


vou  roiiimcMcni  vaul- 
'  "I»"n  l.iiii  inoiP  ,M,n,  ■ 


M,  wns  lost  in  IJaxf „,',,,,„   , 
u^' for  him  the  news,  von  uu, 

U^ly  tluu.  (he  <l,.ven.si  ,„cs,a, 'n       li'T      "  '""'"'  I"'"' ' 
''"'  '-'.     Five  ...imaos'  n     .;  ,  J"''  '''''  '"^'''''^  "'""  i» 
'^'-t..r  i.t.  a  fi,.  Ho,,,  2:r^lr''  ""'^"""^  ^"  ""^ 
"I^H-pin^r,  he  was  (Mitinir     Thn V  '*'''  ^"'"'  '"'  ^^''^   ""' 

••-••..«  ch,,„,  „r  ,„  A,,,.,i  i':  ;    ;:,;"•;■;-■  «• - 

"■"  '"  ""  lii«  life  ,nv„ke  »»(.^.|,.„u,„  !",  J  '•''"'•'y'  '"•  »- 
■-■"'■.1.'  I»'ll."     Fr,„„  ,1„.  f„.  ^       •    "  '"■'"•  "  "  '-'""i-l- 

■•Wh'.    It  w,.s  well  for  l,im  ,1,.^  „• '".     "'' "  "'"'I'  «,„ 

I"'*nn<l.     It  «,„  „.„„   ,„,  '       '  '"'"■  ''"■'■l"'-.  »"il  "  worso 
'»'  "..u,„n„I,  and  ™;,,"1        'f  "'"^  '""'  ™^-"  »  P-i- 

;'"7or„„„,KHav;:r  ;;::''t:r 

'""-'■If.     Ill,  faH„,r  i,.f,  1,1,      ' ;         ""■"  """■"  ■■""«"l 

;""■''-  I'O  found  it,  and  l,o,,„d      '      il  ,'"■'  "f  "'" 

""*l»l"'™<Tc.od  is  no  ,lr7'  ™    '  """  ''">•  '"'■'•'  "'  -' 
i'«»n,  on  wluel,  ho  had  spirit  e,.o,  d    ^  I        "  ""'^'  '"'"^ 

»f  •  Fophet.    Was  tlL        '  ""  ■*"""' '""' '"  '-  «  Wt 
^AW„t  twelve  C-look  one  ™in,  ni.ht.  „  ,o„,  ,,„„,„„ 


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well!    w  k  I,  l  ! 


requested  her  to  send  somebody  for  the  minister.     The  mai, 
of  the  house,  happeuinj?  at  this  time  not  to  be  asleep,  tuu 
his  wife  tiiat  no  horse  of  his  shouhl,  on  such  a  night  as  tliui, 
go  for  [)arsou  Fairweather.     "  But  the  i)0or  soul  is  dyiii^r;' 
remonstrated  the  lady,  "  and  crying  for  the  consolations  of 
his   religion."     "What  consolations,"  asked  the   husband, 
"  will  Fairweather  give  him  this  hour  of  night  ?"    "  Ho  wili 
pray  over  him,"  answered  the  mistress,  "and  give  him  the 
sacrament."    "  I  tell  you,"  returned  Baxter,  "  that  the  pur- 
son  will  not  come  out  a  night  like  this,  and  besides,  I  am 
not  going  to  have  my  horses  spattered  all  over  with  rain 
and  mud."    "  Why,  Baxter,"  said  the  lady,  "  are  you  such 
a  neighbor  ?"    "  Why,  Margaret,"  said  the  gentleman,  "ai' 
you  such  a  fool  ?"    "  George,"  entreated  the  lady,  "do  fur 
goodness'  sake  send  Fred  for  Mr.  Fairweather."     "  .Mar 
garet,"   rqjlied    the   gentleman,    "Fairweather    and  foul- 
weather  are  never  out  together."    "I  know  he  will  come." 
persisted  Mrs.  Baxter.    "  I  know  he  won't  come,"  persisted 
:Mr.  Baxter.    "  Why  not?"  asked  the  mistress.     "For  the 
same  reason,"  rejoined  the  man,  "that  made   him  refiisf 
going  to  old  Judkins."    "  Well,"  concluded  Mrs.  Baxter, 
"  I'll  send  Fred  for  him,  and  try  him."    "  Well,  send,"  con- 
cluded Mr.  Baxter  ;  "  but  let  Fred  go  on  foot,  and  Fred,  I 
say,  will  return  as  he  went." 

Baxter's  prophecy  was  verified.  Parson  Fairweather 
would  not  go  that  night,  but  promised  to  go  in  the  niorii- 
Ing.     Before  morning  the  sick  man  died. 

Baxter,  after  all,  had  some  knowledge,  as  well  as  courage; 
and  was  at  times  aw^ake. 


warily 

leiifed 

and  t 

occasi( 

!i,!:ains 

with  1] 

'»ook  si 

^Vith  t 

Oertru( 

to  o-iipr 

Being  v 
from  Jio; 
jliowod 
■"•'iirli  for 
I  fiat  .^far 
•i!id  poin 
^'^m  mat 
Baxter  vv 
"lake  her 
Having 
^^eojj  tow; 
to  ])ay  all 

^^ii.xter's  h 
tion  will,  tl 
oC  Po])ery  , 


T  A  r.  E  . 


173 


CUAPTEll  XXVlli 

CIURACTKHS. 

"'■'*'■'»'  tl,a.  off,.,,.,]  i,,^'     ";'"""'','■"*''  "Ot  o„  any 

-  »'.o  handed  ,0  Mrs.  It^;'"^  ""-''.  -«1  >',:, 
"'tl,  this  she  s„c.c.„.dc.d  mvl\  ^•'"■'"■•»' °l'l'0rtu„i,j.. 
<'"'™.le'..  groat  afl'^etij  '  U  ,  '"  -"^'-•'-..  ^coh^ 
'"g-mrd  her  daughter  „<rl,f  ^','''  "'"■'"''^  "'«  ">oll'«- 

fv-.«ip,>aat%h:rr  e:.nrr:'-"^"''''-^ 

»;»»•"'  >.ow  the  like  ™H    Cn  ""  °""  '•""'"■•»■' 

"""-^'ar,„.as  .som-„gG,.tr',   '■",','"■"""'  "''  ">«"'- 
"»"  PoiMod  to  this  „:  «  e    .  t?,"'"  '""■■'"■''  '"■■■  '^'"'-■''-•. 
;:«  »>aking  more  Fo.rlsL'n  """"""'  ^'"■•^"<' 
'«'«<T  would  give  the  c    in,  '"•'  '"*'S"I  »'"t  Mrs 

■*WWp1,er;:;;::::;;i™'''--erehu.,a^ 

"'"■ing  heard  this  s,,oe,.l,    the'p     .  , 

;»'0|' tonards  her  favor  to  Jder?'f""  """*  "  '""« 

» l«3-  all  attcntio,,  to  hjr  t  air       ;'"*  ""'  '""^  »-"«' 

fr«Mo,„  „.,•(,,  jj  "  '":''^  '<•'■.  .ind  not  make  so  ,„uch 

''^'«"'^  house,  h  d  ;.erl  : rr  "''«,  ^''^'-''^  visit  d 

.LTOW'th 


i/? 


of 


'OlUl 


^^y,  acci,leiitally  eauscl  Mi. 


'^s  Clara's 


1T4 


w  ell!    w  k l l  ! 


words  to  liiivc  u  doiilili^  cirrct.  A  fV'W  diiys  after  this,  a 
certain  rimeting'-house  hai)j)ciii'd  to  be  Itiiriicd  down,  the 
destroyers  of  which  were  reported  lo  he  Irishmen.  A  mv. 
CatiioHc  chapel,  too,  was  just  about  to  l)e  dedicated.  Thor 
thing's  takinj^  pUice  al)Out  thj  same  time,  seemed  to  aui:ur 
lliat  I'opish  ascendancy  wouhl  soon  be  in  the  hind. 

Mrs.  Baxter's  love  for  her  father's  faith  waxed  more 
warm,  and  showed  itself  rather  clearly  to  those  especially 
w  horn  it  did  not  concern. 

Mary  was  once  more  sn(>ered  at  for  abstaining;  from  fltsli 
meat  upon  Friday  and  Saturday.  She  was  turned  inli,"  nlj 
kinds  of  ridicule,  when  upon  certain  Sunday  morniiigs  Aiv 
took  no  breakfast.  She  frequently  experienced  opposiiiuii 
in  trying  to  get  to  mass  upon  days  of  obligatioi'.  ^'I^o 
heard  many  a  joke  cracked  upon  confession.  She  \\;i.s 
asked — did  she  not  think  that  the  priest  kept  some  one  '  kc 
a  wife  in  his  house.  She  heard  read  to  her,  time  after  tini', 
newspaper  paragraj)lis  about  very  wicked  deeds  done  by  the 
Catholic  clergy.  She  was  told  that  the  Virgin  3Iary  wa- 
the  mother  of  more  children  than  one. 

Mrs.  Baxter,  though  she  took  pleasure  in  thus  treatinu' 
the  poor  girl,  had  nevertheless  no  intention  whatever  of 
sending  her  away.  Above  all  things  Catholic,  our  Pendu- 
lum had  a  horror  of  confession.  Whenever  s  ho'.iglit 
that  Mary  wanted  to  attend  to  this  particular,  she  invariu- 
l;ly  0[)posed  her.  She  said  that  she  did  not  wish  the  jirie-t 
to  know  the  secrets  of  her  house,  but  considered  that  such 
a  probability  was  really  alarming.  She  inforintd  Maiy  in 
tine  that  it  was  both  her  own  and  her  husband's  strict 
orders,  that  she  should  never  speak  to  Gertrude  upon  any 
rCiigious  topic  whatever. 

Miss  Wintei-'s  efforts  were  not  made  in  vaiu.  For  stv 
eral  months  Marv  continued  to  dracr  through  a  very  niitiii'- 


A     TALE 


al 


jk'  existence.     Julia  saw  her  but  seld 
iu.i)()rtiiiit  to  talk  to  a  mere  vvaitiii< 


ora. 


Clnt 


lO 


a  was  t(ji» 


-maid.     Mrs.  Ijaxto 


she  .poke  to  ner  at  all,  had  always  something  to  say  a.^iin.t 
the  Catholic  faith.  The  nmster  ol'  the  ho^e  hud  litth  to 
say,  pro  or  con.  Gertrude  was  the  only  one  who  really 
loved  and  respected  her.  ^ 

Compared  with  her  former  position,  llar/,s  present  one 
».^  on  the  whole,  less  di.«greeable,  Juii.',  .sulleune.,  was 
otl„„g_Clar..s  hatred,  prid.,  and  jealous,,  were  noth.nK- 
a.x,or s  ..Khnereneo  was  nothing.  The  greatest  anno3a",ec 
ttat  she  knew,  w™  tire  bigotry  of  the  mistress.  This  how- 
ever wa.s  not  of  so  eruslung,  hilling  a  kind,  as  that  ol'  Mrs 
M  Dongald-,t  was  neither  rabid,  nor  even  violent,  b,.t  it 

>vas  sueermg,  cutting,  and  al st  constant.    Gertrn.le'.s  ki.d- 

n<.s  love,  and  encouragernont,  were  sweet.s  that  nnllili,.!  all 
l.e  b,teeruess  of  the  lady's  tannt.,.     Mary  felt  that,  in  ,.„ 
.«  a  young  fnend,  she  had  found  a  worthy  substitute  ibr 
the  beloved  and  beautiful  Emma. 

All  apix-al  to  one's  prijudieo,  however  weak  that  apm-al 
niiiy  be,  ..s  sure  to  rou.se  up  a  pryudiee  still  stronger.     Had 
Mrs.  Baxter  been  left  to  her  own  good  natural  rea.son,  had 
»ie  not  becu  poisoned  by  that  jau,idice-<.yed  Miss  Winter 
Ae  would,  no  doubt,  have  bce.i  more  favorable  to  Marv' 
e  unchristian  Clara,  who,  keeu-sighted  a.,  a  lynx,  eouid 
Ml  ma  moment  how  high  or  how  low  the  thennometer  of 
iUs.  1  axter's  "  religiosity"  stood,  continue,!,  whenever  she 
'  «;in«  ,t  necessary,  to  keep  up  the  bigoted  n,ercury  to  the 
citable  pitch.    The  semlilance  of  a  kind  lcK>k  f™„  the 
mistress  to  Mary,  went  hke  an  arrow  through  Clara's  i.-d- 
wlrr"-,  !k'  "'.""'^"S-ostionof  Ucrtrude,  the  fonn'.r 
.".Id  touch  the  piano,  the  latter  would  tell  Mrs  Baxter 
'■•t  Mary,  not  having  a  sufficiently  light  touch,  wouhl  p,,, 
""'  '"•^"•«™«'t  0"t  of  tunc,  and  destroy  the  hammers     If 


116 


W  K  I.  L  I     W  !•:  1.  [,  ! 


Miiry  would  slny;  a  sonj?  for  (Jcrtrudo,  Clara  would  in  for 


'Ul 


wuiiM 


the  mother  that  such  old-fashiouod,  vulgar  tuiic! 
ivhoUy  vitiate  Gertrude's  taste.  Marv  wu.s  at  length  I'or- 
hidden  to  meddle  at  all  with  the  piano.  When  Clara  would 
come  from  church,  she  would  never  fail  to  repeat  for  Mrs. 
Baxter  all  the  denunciations  which  the  j)reacher  made 
against  Popery,  and  all  the  dreadful  tales  that  he  told  of 
its  abominations.  She  tried  hard  to  keep  Gertrude  entirely 
from  Mary's  company,  but  in  this  she  could  not  succeed. 
Hard  mistress  for  some  poor  Catholic  girl  would  Clara  Win- 
ter make — a  bleak  consoler  for  some  broken-hearted  exile ! 

At  length,  Gertrude,  heartily  tired  of  her  teacher,  ami 
perhaps  wishing  to  i)ick  a  quarrel,  very  plainly  told  Clara 
that  the  chamber-maid  ought  to  be  teacher,  and  that  the 
teacher  ought  to  be  cham])er-maid.  This,  mortifying  Clara 
to  the  soul,  caused  her  to  raise  her  hand  in  a  violent  pas- 
sion, and  slap  her  pupil  repeatedly  on  the  cheek. 

"  You  old  maid  !"  exclaimed  Gertrude,  highlv  indignant ; 
"  you  will  never,  if  you  were  born  again,  be  like  Mary  ; 
you  play  the  piano  like  a  cat  walking  on  the  keys  ;  you  siiij 
like  a  rooster,  and  you  will  be  an  old  maid  all  your  life.'' 

Miss  Winter,  to  whom  nothing  in  the  English  language 
had  such  terrific  meaning  as  the  word  "  old  maid,"  rose  into 
a  hurricane  of  passion,  and  wept  aloud.  Never  but  once 
before  had  she  been  called  by  that  appellation,  and  then 
she  fainted.  As  he^  passion  had  now  somewhat  al)at((l, 
she  all  but  went  off  into  a  swoon.  Old  maid  ! !  Tlie 
hand-wi-iting  on  the  wall  had  not  half  such  terrors  for  the 
Assyrian  monarch  as  those  monosyllables  had  for  Miss 
Clara.  She  raged,  wept,  and  waxed  weak,  alternately. 
She  vowed  vengeance  upon  Gertrude,  and  treble  vengeance 
upon  Mary.  If  the  mother  would  fail  to  chastise  the  daugh- 
ter, and  give  satisfaction  for  this  indio-nitv,  she  vowed  au 


O 


A    T  A  r,  (•; 


fjiial  vcng-oancc 


Cliira 


nut  h 


"1"^"  her.     From  oa( 


■a  was  thoroughly  convulsed.     A 


I'l'lllitV    lo    (Xfi 


177 


f  liiifV 


lave  shaken  1 


—  her 


-'yes  looked  ghastly  d 


'<'!"  i».s  much.     ITcr  li, 


'•   *'iirih(jn!ikc   Would 


v^.o  ...,.rt-,,  gmisijy  uim— Ii.T  I 
•r  hosom  heaved  temi)o.stnousIv--lik 


'••^  wciv  corj)>-c-u  hi'to 


<■''  ran  j)cr.vj)iratioii 


••""'"''•nance  chanrred  col 


'if'  a  prismatic  ^1; 


*i<d  like  reeds— her  br 


ors  every  moment— her  k 


her 


"'';oIe  frame  quake.l,  tremble,!,  and  «■ 


IIIU 


Tl 
tl 


am  was  full  of  tornad 
rcw  cold 


necs  fjuiv- 
()e,s — and  her 


"•'•athful  lair,  after  all,  is  noi  to  be 


'••^  word  so  hard.     In  her  earl 


those  Hatterin 


I'himed  for  fe(>l. 
'■(•r  flays,  when  ir..p,- (old 


lat- 


tah's,  it  nmst  be  (h-clared  of  Clara  tl 

"^i'e^if^he.ltWr  many,  but  HlHMu.nul  not  one." 

Was  not  such  disappointment  truly  distressino- .     j^  ,.,, 

''-'"y  ;  nnd  it  .hould  be  a  hint  Lil  peoni;  ;.f  f    r  ^ 
"•accommodate  their  speech  to  the  ea  t  om/  '"' 

An.l  again,  considering  Clara's     n-un'fl  ''""^"''^■• 

^-aidthatsheonghttob^Lr    ^^^^^^^^ 
"'.  eccentricities:  In  the  first  pli^:X^,^;;'^ 
"•ul  nmis  for  what  she  cllr.i  f     •  ^"■"''^'^ 

state     In  fl.p T  V  '""  """«tural  and  ,mso<iaI 

■     In  the  secoral  place,  she  hated  the  Pope  because 
'""?^'  to  say,  his   holiness  did  not   for  the  s  kc  nP       ' 
'i'i''iHs   the  nrif.«t^  /9\       1  '^'^^  ^^  "er 

»- 1,  ir/r^'"''""^'' •'''■'""■  "^^ 

"••JIIS-— iij.Nt,  because  he  had   not  i  Afr^^    t^f    t>     i 

»  "0  partiiiT  fo  cheer  li  in  ii,  tho  (Insert      ,i„.i  ■    ,i 
'-'  r'lace.  she  could  not_.tran.es      , it  '.f       '     " 

Cl..ra  ond  Gertrude  .too-l  before  Mr..  I3ax.,.r  w,th  each 

8* 


118 


WKI.I,  !     \VF.  i.lI 


lior  c'omiilaiiit.  The  former  accused  tlio  liittor  of  ji^ivinu"  lif  r 
iin|)crtiiR'..ce,  and  (•iillinj^  her  names.  Clara  was  on  tli.' 
jioiiit  of  meiitioniiij^  what  name,  but  l'earin;z:,  as  she  iiiiLiht, 
that  the  mere  sound  of  "  ohi  maid"  woiihl  unman,  or  ratli-r 
unwoman  her,  she  cautiously  abstained  from  using  thf 
word. 

Gertrude  accused  Clara  of  strikinti^  her  repeatedly,  ariil 
callinpj  her  a  huzzie.  And  both,  smartin*^  uniU'r  their  own 
particular  wrongs,  wept  much  and  so))l)ed  heavily. 

Mrs.  IJaxter,  who  had  never  herself  struck  Gertrii.l'\ 
even  slightly,  was  very  indignant  at  Clara's  conduct,  ami 
told  her  not  to  act  so  again.  Then,  turning  to  her  dnnuli- 
ter,  she  gave  her  a  sharp  reproof,  and  connnanded  lur  to 
be  resj)ectful  and  o))edient  to  her  teacher. 

Clara,  very  unsatisfied  with  the  result,  informed  the  mi- 
tress  tliat  Mary  was  giving  G(;rtrnde  bad  counsel,  and  was 
making  her  a  very  naughty  gh'l.  Gertrude  denied  this,  ami 
said  that  Mary  never  spoke  a  hard  word  against  any  one. 
IVlrs.  Baxter  again  reminded  her  daughter  of  the  respect  te 
be  shown  to  Clara,  and  was  about  to  dismiss  l)oth  j)laintiir 
and  defendant,  when  Gertrude,  in  a  fresh  flow  of  te;u•^ 
emphatically  stated  tiuit  she  hated  the  teacher,  and  would 
receive  uo  more  histruetion  at  her  hands. 

The  mother  looked  at  Gertrude,  but  said  nothing.  Clara 
left  the  room.  Presently  came  in  Julia,  and  soon  after 
appeared  Mr,  Baxter  himself.  The  trouble  between  Ger- 
trude and  Clara  was  now  before  the  entire  household.  Tin' 
father  took  Gertrude's  part,  and  Julia  took  Clara's.  (Jer- 
trude  told  her  sister  that  'twas  none  of  her  business.  Tin' 
sister  insisted  that  it  was.  Father  and  mother  decided 
against  Julia,  and  told  her  to  be  silent.  The  former  gave 
it  as  his  opinion — wonderful  to  relate  ! — that  Gertrude 
could  not  learn  much  from  one  whom  she  did  not  like. 


^      f  A  I.  V.  . 


K'.) 


TLnls   n,o  rather,"  .„idCiortr,„l,.,-,„„,|„,,i,,,.,,„„,„^ 

ro.an,-l..d  that  she  co„IU  not  fhh.k  of  ,li.s,.h,.r,i„„  01     u, 
.i-  reason  that  CInra  h,„l  heon  hdrodn.-c?  t^  h      i, 
P»r.n,lar  fncn,!.     '.Well,  n,a,"  ol,sorv„l  U„,r,   e    '^h 
■ouHte  no  great  of  a  fri,.,,,!  to  .send  j-ou  s„el,  a  eross  di  ^ 
Krwalile  creature  as  this  "  /  »  tross,  uisa- 

"o.,  m  her  si,hn«  agan.st  (Jerlrude,  s,,eak  so  mneh  in 
•rr-non  to  Mary,  as  she  s„ok,,  in  favor  of  Clurr     o 
'  '"'•■;'  ^T;'"'sIX  "eli.     Mary,  having  a  partien lar  u"  v 
I  l.rau]n,g  ha,r,  and  of  netting  olf  yonng  ladies  to  a,l    n 
tas-,  ff.uned,  to  a  great  extent,  Jnlia's  eousideratio,    " 
»..  o,.rat.ons  of  the  kin.l.     J,dia,  however,  thongl    L  ! 
"fC  no  w,sh  to  part  with  Mary,  had  nevertheless  greter 
.lo..re  to  re.an,  Clara.    The  teaeher  was  a  bird  of  her  Z 
fcuher,  and  made  a  good  eon.panion.     The  other  was  not 
co,,genu,l  f„end,  but  she  was  one  who,  on  the  evening  of 
a  ball  or  a  party,  could  badly  he  dispen.sed  with 

.yr.s.  Ba.Kter,  still  preferring  the  Protestant  to  the  Catho- 
.0  teaeher  determined  to  send  Oertrnde  to  the  country  for 
a  few  weeks  ,„  the  hope  that  after  h..r  return  she  woul.l 
orge    her  d,splea.sure  at  Miss  Winter.     Uertrude,  rejoie- 
ng  at  the  chance,  immediately  prepared  her.,elf  to  go  and 
having  received,  as  a  present  from  Mary,  that  beautiful' "-old 
Aui.  wluch,  on  a  former  day,  eontril,uted  so  much  to  Mrs 
-M  Dougahl  s  diabolical  pnrpo.ses,  showed  it  to  her  father' 
and  requested  him  to  be  very  kin,l  to  the  donor.     The  gift 
P".sed  B«.vter  exceedingly,  and  made  him  Mary'.s  greatest 
a-tarer.     Upon  Mrs.  Baxter  it  n,ade  quite  a  iiO-e™        ' 
ITossion.     Site  told  her  husband  that  had  she  known  it  she 
«oald  not  allow  Gertrude  to  take  it,  and,  now  knowing  if 
«l>o  would,  as  soon  as  possible,  have  it  returned.     She  °ave 


IMO 


w  i;  I.  I,  I    w  i:  I,  1.  ! 


ns  licr  rc-ason  for  thus  c'Xi)rossin«^  Iicrsclf,  tliat  It  vns  n  mwu 
tliiii<r  for  any  of  tlio  fiiiiiily  to  rcccivo  a  i)r('st'iit  from  ;i  iKmr 
Irish  ^irl.  This  reason  did  not  cliango  IJaxter's  mind.  No! 
bh'ssed  by  the  ovorweeninf?  fancies  of  his  wif(^,  and  not  xi 
briininc'd  with  false  pride,  he  eonsi(h'red  a  fjold  chain  a  vnv 
handsome  affair,  no  matter  from  wimt  quarter  it  came,  if  iui 
honest  one.  lie  therefore  disau:reed  witli  tlie  hidv,  a;i<l 
would  not  suffer  it  to  l)e  given  back.  In  the  mean  time  Iw 
had  an  eye  to  the  fjiver,  and  for  the  first  time  since  hi  r 
comiiif::,  convers<Ml  with  her  familiarly  and  fre({nently. 

(rertnide  was  off  to  the  country  on  a  visit  to  an  uiiel. ■'-, 
anil  told  (jueer  things  to  her  cousins  about  the  queer  ol.l 
maid  at  home. 

Mary  went  through  the  daily  duties  of  her  office,  nf)t  witli- 
out  a  sigh  heaved  now  and  then  at  the  thought  of  her  low 
jKisition.  If,  to  cheer  her  own  afflicted  heart,  she  would  oc- 
casionally sing  at  her  work.  Miss  Winter  would  immedi- 
ately remark  that  she  was  "showing  off."  The  vi.\en  muid 
renewed  her  efforts  to  keep  poor  Mary  down  below  par. 
She  would  constantly  retail  to  the  mistress  dismal  stories 
about  monasteries  and  convents,  j)riests  and  Pa})ists.  Slic 
would  remuid  Julia  of  the  fact  that  Mary's  manner  of  ad- 
justing hair,  &c.,  was  awfully  Irish.  Bigotry  and  jealousy 
eombuied,  made  her  a  sworu  foe  to  the  giver  of  the  chain. 
Wiiat  she  feared  most  was  the  contingency  that  Mary  would, 
through  dint  of  circumstances,  turn  Protestant.  Wlienevrr 
this  was  alluded  to,  she  showed  extreme  uneasiness,  and  urcw 
chilly  with  dread. 

A  month  had  passed  when  Gertrude  returned.  She  had 
not  been  an  hour  at  home,  when  she  called  Mary,  and  showed 
her  a  song  which  all  the  house  would  soon  hear. 

Next  morning,  when  the  hour  for  her  lessons  came,  Ger- 
trude refused  to  attend.     Clara,  grievously  pained,  ap[)risod 


A    T  A  r   K 


M 


>fi->.  B:i\(cr  ofdiP  (1 


•T 


^*;is  iiu  UM'. 


KlJ^'l-POahl,.   f;„.|  ^\-,,,    ^^,,j 


.It  .>ii( 


-N"  iu'i|>  fur  ilic,.   CI 


i""Mt.'  of  Gt'rtru(le'.s   farhrr's  I 


w'li,  none  I     II'  (I 


l"l|  \s;..!i    tn  l» 


Mir 


y,  tind  st(>iv— if  not, 


K'USC,  CVcllilimv    phic's    w 


pliK'c  to  thy  likiii<r.     (h'vtviul 


K'\  r<ihniH  inHuirn  !  ^ro,  au.l  (iinl 


tiiti  i.iaiio  with   the  "01,1  Maid 


>'   IS  accomiMU.yinir  herself  ,u 


I'l'oii.i^Hit  from  JK-r  eon.' 
>■'"' .sin,i,^s  it,  that  thou 


's  Lanieiit;'  which   she   I 


AFrs.  Baxter  h 


iiii'S  aii.l    tells  thee  l.y  the  w,| 
cuiist  he   her   iiistniet 


las 


V  wa 


-w 


IS  read  a  e;o,Ml  ar-.nuei,t  for  Cat  hoi 


H'^s  no  ni(»i' 


lys  a  little  frotn  her  favorite  side.     M 


ii',^•  hair,  and  Mary's  l,ri-ht  -old  el ,  .. 

i"  "'='l<i".i?  u  portrait  of  Julia,  whieh  she  1 
c'  bhuited  thy  poisoned  arrows,  and  1 


if'ity.  and 
ary's  taet  at  hraid- 


'ain,  and  Marv 


s  success 


tii"e.     Come  down,  then   f 


Voni  thy  icy  throne, 


Jas  just  completed, 
lave  fairly  unchaired 


i-^Ii  old  maid  !   find  a  dwelliui.- with  thv 


saucy,  viper- 


the 


thee  thv  sins  I 


•oward  of  thy  labors.     Farewell  "ci 


prototypes,  and  reap 


•"'a  .     (jfod  foraiv 


Verily, 


words  are  more  killinjr  thai 


1  wounds  I 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


MASQUKR.vniXG. 

^ARA  has  go„e  from  Mr..  Baxter's  roof,  n,,,,-!,  to  tl.ojoy 
of  Gertrude  ;  b„t  n„„.|,  to  Q.rtrud  ,  grief  Murv  Ins  2 
siicreoJed  to  her  phico.  '         ^        '"" 

W  i^    ■■  '•'  ""'*'"'""■'"  ""  ^"'•''"  ^''^■■'•'  '0  keep 

•Ma  .7  m  the  same  pos.t.on.     Mrs.  I5a.xter  herself  however 

"-.led  00  eounsellors  in  this  particular.     If  she  I,..";;  L' 


1.S2 


W  V  I,  I,  !     W  K  t.  L  ! 


ti'iition  to  iKlvniico  Miuy,  it  vvouid  lir  all  for  the  Mike  v^ 
111*'  lovi'  wliicli  slic  )i:i(i  fur  her  own  ciiiiiji-litcr,  mni  not  tm- 
any  ^rcmiinj!  iitrt'ctioii  for  the  a(ro»ii)iIislied  straiitri-r.  'I  he 
«lau|iht(r's  induciift',  however,  was,  upon  the  present  oeca- 
sion,  coiupU'tely  overliahmet'd  l»y  that  of  the  rehitives.  lia.x- 
•  ter  himself,  though  indined  to  favor  Mary,  was  preventnl 
from  doin-i:  so  l>y  a  fear  that  his  people  would  disapprovr 
of  his  eourse. 

This  choiee  of  a  teacher  for  a  yonnu;  woman  of  fifteen, 
may  seem  to  be  too  small  an  alfair  to  warrant  us  reeordinLr 
such  a  display  of  contendiiif^  influences.  But  it  is  no  sueli 
fimall  affair  at  all.  Tla^  whole  world  knows  that  Protest- 
antism cannot  Ijrook  the  idea  of  haviufj;  its  chihlren  taught 
by  such  a  vuljj^ar  thinj?  as  an  Irish  Catholic. 

Mrs.  Jjaxter,  therefore,  partly  from  her  own  choice,  and 
partly  from  the  counsel  of  friends,  would  not  lower  herself 
60  much  as  to  let  a  "  Paddy  "  instruct  her  daujihter.  This 
she  would  not  do,  even  admittinj,''  that  the  unfortunate  Pad- 
dy had  all  the  learning  of  all  the  ages  together.  Like  others, 
she  feared  that  Gertrude's  religion  would  be  endangered  liv 
"  Papistical  contact."  As,  then,  a  Catholic  instructor  was 
to  her  mind  both  {)eriIous  and  vulgar,  she  withheld  from 
IMary  the  place  which  none  could  better  occupy,  and  secured 
for  Gertrude  the  services  of  a  Professor. 

Mary  was  now  left  to  attend  to  her  rooms,  and  to  con- 
tent herself  as  best  she  could.  On  'occasions  of  company 
she  was  not,  of  course,  permitted  to  mingle  with  the  guests. 
She  was  not  permitted  to  eat  at  the  first  table  of  the  family. 
She  was  not  j;)ermitted  to  practise  her  music  except  upon 
those  times  when  the  family  would  not  be  at  home.  She 
was  not  permitted  to  hold  much  intercourse  with  either  of 
the  girls.  She  was  not,  on  all  necessary  occasions,  permit- 
ted to  attend  her  church.     She  was  not  permitted  to  giv« 


A    r  A  r.  F. 


ly.t 


..      ....... ,.r«,„i„,.„ ,,„,„„., ,„ 2     [^ 

""""''l  '<'l"l<.'  ..walk  ,„„,■,„•  ,„i,,  u„-,.,k      'n- 
"I.UOS.  .ke  a  ..|„s,.,J  ,,„„k.     ,vi„„..v,.,.  „„,.„„  ,,,„  ;    , " 

;:.:^'': ' '^^•""■''•'^-'"•-""•h..,,,. ,.,.„„,,■,.„„  i.- 

""    ","  "-^l-^-"--'  u,,o„  ,1.  ooufcss '      ,;     .; 

i.ut  s  e  «ou  1  „,„k„  ,l,e  siK„  „f  „„.  n-,,..  „„„„  ^ 

)"K,I  tl,e  lru.n,lsl„|,  a,,,!  alloction  of  (Jcviru,!,.  who  „o, 

■'7'",";"-  ,'"   -"-Tso  with    her  favon,.     iU^yZ 
•■c    r,„h.',s  forl,i,l.l,.„  f,,,;,,  l„„  for  this  v,.ry  ,hh,.,  M,   v« 
.      ho  ..oetor.     Oc.nr,„h,  stealin,  fa.ue't  .uaMt      , 

-  .  v .,  sk.ll  ,n  ,ruKh„s  r,,.n,lc.,,,l  Julia  a  nontral,  ami  l„.|,„.,| 
"  koep  from  Mrs.  Baxter  the  i„ti,„„,.y  Mhich  oxi..|.,l  b 
7"  "';  '7"  f™""-^-     When  the  ,„othe.-  happened         „ 
;.t  Gertrttde  and  .Mary  ha.l  n.any  „  nn.ieal  hour  to,.,he, 

W    „de  thou,    prevented  fron,  reading  Catholic  vork 

po   then,  from  Mary,  and  loved  to  pernsc  them 
More  It  not  for  the  «a,in  love  «l,ieh  those  fair  vonn.r 

ncnd,s  entertained  for  each  other,  Mary  eonld  never,  ,      s 

she  possessed  th.  faith  of  a  n,art,T,  continne  in  the  position 


184 


w  i:  I.  I- 


w  E  1,  I, 


wlucli  she  lield.  When  sometimes  slie  had  r..'asoii  ahn-wt  (o 
verj^e  upon  despair,  the  thought  of  her  youthiul  coiisdlcr 
would  banish  all  despondency. 

Meanwhile,  Gertrude,  whose  intelligence  and  sjiirit  of  in- 
qiiiry  were  wonderful,  drank,  through  Mary,  large  draughts 
from  the  fountain  of  Catholic  truths,  and  l)y  degrees  grow 
fouder  of  the  beauty,  holin'iss,  and  jwwer  of  those  celestial 
waters.  Julia,  whose  brain  seemed  to  be  formed  of  baser 
material,  satisfied  the  craving  of  her  small  inciuiring  appe- 
tite, with  the  florid  and  mysterious  Song  of  Solomon 

Under  such  auspices  and  circumstances  was  it  Mary's  lot 
to  plod  a  long  and  dreary  way  hideed,  yet  not  altogether 
comfortless. 

One  day  as  her  work  was  done,  she  sat  herself  down  in 
her  room,  and  began  to  read  a  newspaper  which  she  had 
just  received.  Almost  the  first  thing  that  came  under  her 
observation,  was  a  notice  of  the  sudden  death  of  old  Gov- 
ernor Houston,  whose  admiration  of  her  on  a  former  day 
caused  considerable  pain.  Immediately  below  this,  poor 
Mrs.  M'Dougald  was  spoken  of  in  lamentable  tones  as  one 
whose  form  was  now  no  warmer  than  her  father's.  Some 
two  or  three  days  after  the  old  man's  demise,  she  went 
out,  it  was  stated,  to  take  some  exercise  on  horseback.  She 
had  gone  only  a  short  distance  from  her  house,  when  she  was 
thrown  oft'  with  great  forc«?,  and  left  insensil)le.  After  the 
fall  she  lingered  but  a  few  hours,  and  died  in  great  agony. 

On  reading  this  melancholy  notice,  Mary  melted  with 
sorrow,  and  wept  abundance  of  tears. 

Gentle  girl !  'tis  only  a  being  like  thyself  that  would  shed 
a  tear  over  the  grave  of  so  cruel  a  woman. 

"  God  forgive  her,"  said  Mary,  "  as  I  forgive  her,  all  that 
in  her  blindness  she  wickedly  did  against  me.  O  you  who 
were  mv  enemy,  and  never  wished  to  be  anything  else,  may 


A     T  A  I.  E  . 


t 


It  be  better  with  you  now  tl; 
ly  you  to  your  enjoyment  see 


185 


U 


an  I 


won 


Id  hai 


'ly   nna-j-ine. 


he  trutlis  wliieli  I  taun-ht 


vours- 


ig'it  your  child- 


even  beyond  the  tomb  tliat 


yoiitliful  mind." 


_were  the  loveliest  lights  that  ever  be 


-my  love,  as  wdl  jus 
iHued  upon  her 


Farewell,  .Afrs.  .ArDouo-aJd 


IV 


clann. 


If  tl 


niiiy  the  reader  too 


on  wert  "nkin.l  to  one  who  de.served  I 


a   tl,y  Lands,  tl.ou  hast  paid  ,|,e  j,enal(y  ,k,,i-ly 


ex- 


)etter 


The  golden  dreams 


even  here. 


are  gone  like  a  mor 


',  which,  a  little  while  ago,  were   tl 


■nm 


line. 


oiig  brightened  by  the  beauty  of  tliyd 


'g  mist.     Thou  hast  not  had  a  life 


of  thy  fancy  has  faded  for  „ . . 
least  with    corporeal    eye,  thy 


ro 


ly  daughter.    The  pictu 
ever.     Thou  wilt  not  behold  at 


th  th 


child 


e  (loo 


mas  wliich  thou  didst 


«   niind    indoctrinated 


I  .         .  "'"^''  so  much  dread      'V\um 

«t  I  cjond  the  point  win™  rcpontance  k  aoc.ptal,!.     I  .,„. 

rdt  tt.» '™''" ''-  '^^■'- ""'«   "'  "'-y «-™ 

Months  passed  on. 

Tl"re  wa,,  to  be  a  fancy  ball,  to  wlnc-l,  Julia  and  Gor- 
e  were  ,„v,tod.    J.dia  panted  for  the  evenin.  and  «  r. 
..ude..™t.t,.„,.t,„.„in,.     At,en,thth;;vi.hed-,W 

11  ?    M  regarded  Juha,  this  »■„.,  abont  Mary's  dilii.ultv 

f  fine  feathers  nn.kc  fine  birds,  so  satin,  gold,  and  gen",s 

;,T™"""-  "--     ^^f-.V  ln,nr,s  were  eonsun.^l  by 

M.»y  n.  translonnmg  the  poppy  inio  the  rose.  II,,.  ,na-deal 
ver  was  snpren,ely  snceessfnl.    Jnlia  walked  for.h  „  I^^ 

»'th  or  Without  the  "  castas,"  a.s  yon  please  " 


180 


well!    w  k  l  l  ! 


The  rose  without  any  painting  is  sutticiently  charmin^r. 
Gerlrude,  a  rose  of  fairest  blooin,  needed  not  nmeh,  if  ai  ^., 
the  cultivating  hand  of  lier  friend.  Mary,  however,  turned 
now  to  her  rosy  favorite,  and  soon  effected  all  that  was  dt^ir- 
abie.  Gertrude  walked  forth  as  beautiful  as  she  who,  of 
old,  came  from  the  dank  arms  of  old  Ocean  to  dwell  lur 
evermore  in  a  world  of  sunshine  and  flowers, 

Julia  looked  at  herself  in  the  mirror,  and  viewed  the 
reflection  with  as  much  admiration  as  Adonis  did  the  fault- 
less form  which  he  saw  in  the  stream.  From  the  time  ami 
pains  bestowed  upon  her  toilet — circumstances  which  she 
considered  proofs  of  the  superiority  of  her  beauty  over  Ik  r 
sister— she  was  fully  satisfled  that  with  the  exception  ot 
"the  love,  the  dove,  the  beautiful  One"  mentioned  in  Solo- 
mon's Song,  there  was  none  who  might  compare  with  herself 
in  matchless  symmetry  and  graxie. 

Gertrude,  on  the  other  hand,  was  sorry  that  her  sister's 
unseemly  figure  and  face  required  such  a  world  of  extra- 
ordinary relief  in  the  shape  of  embellishment. 

Yet  thus  went  the  world  since  the  days  of  Adam— thus 
it  goes  this  minute — and  thus  no  doubt  will  it  go  to  the 

end  I 

What  a  pity  that  wayward  fate  kept  Mary  herself  from 
joining  in  masquerade  this  young  and  glcesome  pair  !  Per- 
hai)s,  fair  reader  1  you  are  more  sorry  for  the  destiny  whieh 
precludes  her  the  possibihty  of  doing  so,  than  she  is  herself. 
If  you  were  like  her,  you  would  probably  repine  at  your 
fortune,  and  weep  yourself  sick.  But  if  you  knew  all,  you 
would  be  convinced,  that  fates,  which  the  world  calls  way- 
ward, are  oftentimes  the  best.  Mary's  history,  which  you 
liave  not  yet  heard,  but  which  you  will  hear  very  soon, 
would  never  be  made  known  to  you  if  what  the  world 
woukl  here  caII  wayward  was  such  in  reahty.     It  is  not 


if 


A    T  A  I.  E  . 


y  cliarmiiifz;. 
mcli,  if  a!  ., 
ever,  turniMl 
at  was  desir- 
she  who,  of 
to  dwell  lur 

viewed  tlie 
lid  the  fuult- 
he  time  ami 
IS  which  shi.' 
uty  over  In  r 
exception  ut 
lied  in  Solo- 
with  herself 

t  her  sister's 
:'ld  of  extni- 

Adam — thus 
it  go  to  the 

herself  from 
3  pair  1  Per- 
iestiny  which 
she  is  hersch'. 
'piue  at  your 
knew  all,  you 
rid  calls  wtiy- 
•y,  which  you 
jr  very  soon, 
at  the  world 
;v.     It  is  not 


1S7 


iusinuatod,  however,  that  she  did  not,  oa  this  occasion   wish 
to  share  lu  the  plecisurcs  of  the  party. 

;i1ie  girls  are  mingling  the  mazes  of  the  (hnnce  an.! 
rojo^cmg  ui  the  spirit  oi  ball-room.  The  whole  world 
H.  nmnature  is  around  them  There  is  seemingly  no  sorrow 
in  any  heart-there  is  certainly  no  shadow  upon  any  brow 
AVas  there  le.s«  pleasure  in  youthful  Paradise  than  tliere  is 
n.  th.  brilliant  hall  tcnight  ?  Relgu  on,  0  Joy  !  your  tine 
IS  more  transient  than  Spring's. 

Mary  has   been  summoned  to  Mrs.  Baxter's  side    and 

country.      lh,s   was  a  question  which  Mrs.   ^r-Duu-ald's 
pnde  always  prevented  her  from  putting.     This  was  a^ue. 

t.on  from  whuh,  through  a  fear  that  it  was  not  fai     or 
exped.en  ,  Dl^  M'Dougald,  though  curious  enough,  alwa 
a  stained.     Mrs.   Baxter,   a  being  of  bohler  d^ri  g  tl^ 
either,  has  made  ''no  bones"  about  it,  but  put  it  .^th  al 
lave^saiy  emphasis.     Slie  has  long  paus^-d  for  a  replv,  but 
has  not  heard  one.    The  Pendulum  quest  ioas  again.    Marv 
for  certain  reasons  of  her  own,  which  tlie  reader  will  soJn' 
appreciate,  ansvyers  the  lady  in  si.ch  an  enigmatical  manner 
a>  gives  but  little  satisfaction.     Mrs.  Baxter,  therefore  has 
her  o,vn  conjectures,  but  conjectures  which  happen  to  have 
no  fomidation.  ^^ 

_    "  And  how  did  you  learn  music,  French,  and  the  rest  ?" 
"iquired  the  uiquisitive  woman. 

Mary,  biovving  the  lady's  hostility  to  Catholics,  was  at 
ir..t  afriMd  to  answer  this  question  direc-tly,  but  fearing  that 
1>7  not  doing  so  she  would  be  acting  danu-erously  to  her 

ri"'  ^'^^'^'  "''^''^  '^'''  '^''  ^''^'  '^^'^'"  ^^l^'^'-ted  in 
^  "  Tell  the  truth,  now,"  suggested  the  Pend.ilum.  "aud  .,. 
u  you  ever  saw  there  any  of  those  evils  for  wluch  people 


188 


W  E  1. 1.  !     W  F.  I,  I,  ! 


give  such  places  credit."  Not  having  received  an  answer  in 
the  atBrmative,  the  large  substantial  matron  felt  egrogioiL<ly 
sorry,  and  said  "that  tliough,  as  herself  believed,  old  nuns 
kept  all  such  things  from  the  eyes  of  the  young  ones,  still 
dreadfully  wicked  works  were  certainly  done  in  all  sechided 
places  of  the  kind.  When  such  is  the  case,  I  don't  see  how 
you  can  be  a  Catholic,"  she  added. 

"  No  one  but  those  who  are  inimical  to  our  religion," 
re})lied  Mary,  "  assert  that  such  abomhiable  sins  are  i)('r})e- 
trated  in  convents." 

"  Do  you  think,  my  girl  1"  observed  Mrs.  Baxter  warmly, 
"  that  the  priests  and  nuns  live  the  life  which  they  pretend 
to  lead  ?" 

"  Oi  course,  such  Ls  my  conviction." 

"  But  don't  you,"  persisted  the  gi'eat  fat  catechist,  "know 
very  well  from  your  own  experience  that  for  man  or  woman 
to  do  such  violence  to  nature  is  nothing  less  than  an  impus- 
sibilitv  ?" 

Too  bashful  to  remind  the  lady  of  tlie  serious  charge  to 
which,  in  asking  such  a  question,  she  exposed  herself,  Mary 
merely  responded  by  saying  that  Daniel,  Elias,  St.  Paul. 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  many  others  too  numerous  to 
mention,  were  proofs  that  a  Hfe  of  celibacy  was  quite  prac- 
ticable. In  tills  she  made  a  veiy  good  reply  ;  but,  if  she 
liked,  she  might  have  made  another,  which  would  surely 
have  silenced  her  antagonist.  Poor  natural  Mrs.  Baxter  ! 
you  are  very  natural  uideed,  but  nothing  more.  Was  it 
your  knowledge  of  Mary's  experience,  or  of  your  own,  which 
prompted  you  to  tell  her  that  she  knew  letter  than  to 
believe  as  she  pretended  ?  What  a  [>ity  that  you  were  not, 
in  turn,  asked  whether  or  not  you  yourself  could  Uve  in  the 
state  that  you  deemed  so  hard.  If  such  a  question  luul 
been  put,  you  would  probably,  for  modesty's  sake  at  least, 


A    T  A  [.  E 


n  answer  m 


189 


ter  warnilv, 


.l,mv  hyvcu-  aa.,v,.T  ,l,at  j-ou,  t<x,,  coul.l  believe  m  tl„.  „,«- 

U.-,v  however,  tl,e  coMver,satio„  ,lro,,pe,l 
anil  all  lUs  gay  wurJd  (U'part<Ml  ' 

and  maidens  eniovh  ..     .  , I  ^;  ^'^  tl,o„..htles,s  youths 

'l'«y  may,  ,„  the  luxury  of  mooulisht  '        " 

ne  m  Id  (^  ol  the  night  tune.     The  pla^-a.,  wh(Te  such  chil 

vl,i.K  •/,  "'!?l»t-wmd  on  account  of  the  dovvrv 

Juha  and  Gert™.le  are  not  hurrying  homo,  but  they  are 

"oetiic  .     At  length  they  eome  in,  not  as  they  left  the  ball 
om  glowng,  and  .uiltag,  and  warm,  but  ,1,'v  le    ,Se" 
.;mderers  through  the  snowdrift,  chilly,  and  rurful  and  nS 

-who.the-;:r:L::r5'.a^C- 


I'JO 


W  E  1,  1,  I      W  K  L  L  ! 


CHAPTER   XXX. 


GRAVE-YAUnS. 


Four  weeks  after  the  ball,  Julia  and  Gertrude  rose  recov- 
ered from  a  sick  bed,  which  no  one  expected  that  they 
w^ould  ever  leave.  When  they  rose,  they  looked  like  the 
shadows  of  Mrs.  Baxter's  dau,2,'hters.  That  cold  niu'lit- 
wind  jx'netrated  even  to  their  hearts,  and  there  played  a 
part  of  which  many  a  grave-stone  has  fully  told  the  conse- 
quences. 

Mary,  who,  during  the  sickness,  was  unremitting  in  her 
attentions,  had  been  now  eighteen  months  in  the  house,  and 
had  made  Gertrude  all  but  a  practical  Catholic.  Had  the 
illness  of  the  latter  not  taken,  at  a  certain  time,  a  turn 
for  the  better,  it  was  arranged  that  a  priest  should  be 
called. 

Gertrude  and  Julia,  now  weak  and  emaciated,  were 
around  their  mother  again,  but  they  showed  such  symptoms 
of  liiNcal  disease  as  augured  very  badly  for  them  a  length 
of  days.  After  a  month  or  so  they  gave  better  hopes  to 
their  friends.  Gertrude  could  take  her  usual  walks,  and 
move  up  and  down  rather  freely.  Julia  got  along  more 
slowly.  The  physicians  "vho  attended  consoled  the  parents 
with  the  assurance  that  all  danger  was  past,  and  that  the  girls 
would  in  a  month  more  be  as  well  as  ever.  Two  montns 
passed  on,  and  all  fear  of  consumption  was  at  an  end. 

Fi'om  much  reading  of  Catholic  works,  and  from  the  vir- 
tuous deeds  of  which  Mary  was  always  the  performer,  Ger- 
trude had  long  since  been  induced  to  believe  that  her 
mother's  religion  was  not  true.       She   labored,  however, 


A     T  A  I,  R  . 


I'.a 


^  roRo  rocov- 
1  that  they 
red  like  the 
cold  iiiu'lit- 
re  played  a 
d  the  conse- 

tiii<2:  ill  her 
i  house,  and 
.  Had  the 
imo,  a  turn 
shoidd   be 

'iated,  were 
h  symptoms 
?ra  a  leiiglh 
er  hopes  to 
walks,  and 
along  more 
the  parents 
liat  the  girls 
?wo  moiitns 
1  end. 

rom  the  vir- 
brraer,  Ger- 
■e  that  her 
1,  however. 


under  some  di/Dciilfr     «k  i, 

'"  I-  life  that  she  „-a.,  i„  .sud,  a  ni  «.     Z,  "'"  '"'  :,'""' 
around  for  some  timp  n,„i  V  '  >^"'^  "'I'l*"' 

«H.i„.,orip,io„"  l:^;";;':;'  '"-■'-  ^y  roa,ii„. 

!«■  to  God  o„  high."     "  ;  ,  ,„  f:  ^.'"^  "">  -'"■"    "  "lory 
the  u.,al  ,,e„to,rcc.  whi.hL    ,  !   "'  ""?"  "~"'''  »-« 

over  the  stone  or  ,„':,'*         ::r:;tr"'""  ' ™ 

*l-rod  ones.      Over  those  i.^nZ^',^T'7f 

-wasinvaria.year.edin.o,dl.e,:ror;:,i::S:4 
» cltSele^:';*  ? "  "7  ""d  -"■■".->  there 

I'hco  where  o-randf.,!/',  ,  "'  '"""  «^°  ''"t"  'I'o 

Fmloriek  Ire'^ed!"     '   °"-''"'*»"'"'  -"^    -X    brother 

This  was  the  Protestant  ceraetcn-  inH  it 
My  beside  the  other.     They  entereZ't       ,      T'  """"*■ 
rradinjf  as  befo-e  the  v,!  '    "'' '™"^'''<' "•''"■"d, 

wave"     ■■Af  "'•'rarious  in,scription3.     •' This  is  th» 

Z^^ZZ^^l!:  Oeath"-..  There  is  res  t 

^•in-ed  thus  B^  n.  ^  ^'^"^  P'^'"t^J  or 

u,  Luus  «§^  or  a  weep  no-  wilinw    ^n 

-^ompass  and  square  were  «M  tw  ;         ^°  "'"'  ^'^  ''^ 


This,"  said  Gertrude  after  a  lone 


silence,  "  this,  Mi 


w 


192 


W  K  1,  1.  !     W  K  I.  I.  ! 


is  not  likt'  a  Christian  gnive-yard.  Oh  !  no — I  scf  it 
plainly.  What  a  dillercnce  is  thtTo  between  it,  :ui(l  thur 
beyond  !  I  don't  know  how  it  happens,  Mary  ;  but  some 
way  or  another,  I  feel  over  mc  here  a  lonehness  and  ehill  tluit 
I  fonnd  not  in  the  other  place." 

"  Yes,  dear  Gertrude  !  there  are  in  the  Catholie  groinnl 
many  things  that  make  one  feel  warmer  than  here.  Tin' 
cross  there  tells  you  that  the  dead  believed  in  Ilim  who  di'MJ 
igMioniiniously  for  the  world.  What  more  fitting  renicin 
brancer  than  that  to  keep  fresh  in  our  minds  tlic  love  of  a 
Saviour  !  When  we  look  at  the  cross,  are  we  not  remiiKU-d 
of  the  enormity  of  sin,  and  are  we  not  inflamed  with  love 
for  the  one  who  had  such  charity  for  us  as  to  suffer  himself 
to  be  thus  cruelly  massacred  ?  Do  not  the  words,  '  Pray 
for  the  soul,'  which  are  so  numerous  on  those  Catholic  grave- 
stones, console  us  with  the  thought  that  our  kindred  and 
friends,  though  mingled  with  the  dust,  are  bound  to  us  by  a 
tie  that  never  can  be  broken  ?  There  are  no  such  requests 
on  a  Protestant  monument.  And  what,  then,  does  such  a 
spirit  seem  to  indicate  ?  Ah  1  it  says,  Gertrude,  'The  dead 
and  their  friends  are  sadly,  miserably  severed  ;  there  is  to 
be  between  them  no  longer  communion.'  It  says,  '  Ihnf 
pray  for  the  happiness  of  your  old  dead  parents — donH  ))ray 
for  the  happiness  of  your  dear  dead  sister — don't  pray  for  the 
luip})iness  of  your  fond  dead  brother — never  ask  that  tliey 
be  well,  never  even  wish  it,  because  such  wishing  is  but 
prayer  still,  and  prayer  for  the  dead  is  in  every  way  wrong, 
How  chill — how  cheerless  is  such  a  doctrine  !  How  can 
such  a  grave-yard  as  this,  without  one  '  sign  of  the  Son  of 
man '  in  it,  show  to  the  passer-by  that  the  dead  which  it 
enshrines  were  Christians,  and  not  Turks  ?  Say,  then,  Ger- 
trude !  how  would  you  make  the  tomb-stone  of  a  Catholic 
answer  for  a  Protestant  ?" 


A     TALK 


1»3 


"I  don't!    -w,  Mary.     How?" 

"By  put,,,,,-  th„  ,vor,l,  UM,'  before  .l,e  word,  •  Pr.v 
.r  the  soul,'  that  is-'  J„'>  pray  for  the  sou).'    J„,l  ,e  ^mr 
™l.po.s,„.  you  were  to  ra!.<e  a  n.onumeut  over  your  notr^: 
head,  whether  as  a  Catholi,.  or  a  Protestant   2,         , 
upon  it  the  sweeter  iuseription  r'  ''  ^°"™"'''  '""' 

-s:;;S„-:::rn.eirtrf, ''r 

i.at  1  must  do  ,t  quickly,  st.ll  1  know  that  'tis  very  hnni 

"o  ...c.     ret  I  ft.(.l  that  I  must  chau-ro  it  even  Mr/r      r 
;v.|l  never  .wo  anywhere  else,  and  I  "wmr^i::^',  J 

,','  .^^l""  ''«  J'""  "'"an  ?"  a«ked  Marv  tenderly 

'■  dZ",\  T  '  1"  "'"'"^  <lio-l"know  it,  I  know  it  " 
Don  t  thH,k  so,  don't  l,e  so  sad,"  said  Mary  eheerrullv 
I  am  not  sad,"  returned  Gertrude,  "neither  do  I    iH, 
or  .avu,g  to  leave  the  world  so  soon  ;  but  if  I  were  on  "a 
Cathohc,  I  would  rather  die  than  live  " 

"^HrlTTlT"  '™".  ""^^  M".^'»  'yo-     She  said  : 

t-ortrude  !  it  makes  me  miserable  to  hear  you  talk  in  fl.i.^ 

unusual  strain."  ^  '"  """ 

that,L""'"°'  '"^^^  ''"''™''"'  '^"'•y  '     I  l^-ow  full  well 
mybreast^I  never  wa.  the  same  since  the  night  of  the 

"  Oh,  drive  away  these  dull  thoughts,  Gertrude  I    and 
luTwhth'"   cheerf„l_e„me  aw'ay  from   this     re  r^ 
Sf^e tre...'  """  """  ""'"  '"^  «™-'  »"  ^  ^«- 
!  how  can  I  be  gay  when  I  eon.sidcr  the  diffieulty 


before 


me 


194 


w  K  r,  r,  I    w  E  1. 1.  ! 


"  What  is  tliat  ?" 

"  The  diiric'ulty  of  iKroming  a  Catholic  hi  the  house  of 
my  father  and  mother  !" 

"  Do  not  fear,  God  will  make  it  easy." 

"  So  may  it  be,"  said  Gertrude,  with  a  sijrh,  as  herself 
and  her  fond  eompanion  walked  out  of  the  grave-yard. 

Before  the  girls  arrived  home,  it  was  agreed  on  that  Gi'r- 
Iriide  would,  as  soon  as  possible,  receive  the  sacrament  of 
baptism,  and  that  Mary,  with  a  view  to  facilitat<;  the  affair, 
would  previously  ae(iuaint  a  priest  with  all  the  cireumstanees 
of  the  case. 

Unknown  to  any  of  the  household,  Gertrude  on  the  fol- 
lowing Sunday  was  made  a  child  of  God,  and  an  heir  to 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

For  fear  of  a  discovery,  Mary  was,  in  the  mean  time, 
shivering  day  and  night  with  dread.  Gertrude,  though  in 
very  delicate  healtli,  enjoyed  more  inward  happiness  than 
ever  she  did  in  her  life.  Julia  was  confined  to  her  bed  by 
another  sick  fit,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baxter  were  so  uiine- 
quainted  with  Gertrude's  conversion,  that  they  had  nothing 
to  trouble  and  alarai  them  but  the  precarious  state  of  their 
daughter's  health. 

The  Pendulum  had  nothing  to  say  now  when  a  Friday  or 
a  Saturday  came.  She  forgot  her  skill  in  jibing.  Monks, 
priests,  nuns,  and  convents  were  allowed  to  go  along  in  the 
even  tenor  of  their  way.  Confession  was  not  even  hinted 
at.  All  that  at  present  busied  and  absorbed  her,  was  her 
elder  child,  whose  illness  was  such  as  might  not  be  slurred 
over,  even  by  consoling  physicians.  She  was  deservedly 
alarmed. 

Julia,  not  believing  that  she  was  so  bad,  told  her  mother, 
morning  after  morning,  that  the  sickness  was  a  great  deal 
better.     No  one,  however,  but  the  patient  herself,  thought 


A  Tale. 


no 


,.     Sortly,.,,cg„.«-  n,m.h  worso,  a„,I  ,i..s|„.,l  f,,„„  „,„ 
n.Mlns  .nonn.ful  ..L  .„«,.,  J,,,,',,  still  luoki.l  f„rv' 

omne  the  time  wh,.,,  ,„  |,„pe  hrJM;^        "*■'     *""'" 

»re,  bu    the  miuister  has  no  oo,.oh„i„„.    A  ,ln-       I,  "  1 
prayer,  from  „  „,v,  e.v.,.,„„„re  „„„,  i,,  „  ,,„„,  J,'' 
ano,ly„e.    The  cold,  stiff  orison  was  ove,'  l,nt  J  I  ■    r '     ^ 
no  solace.     How  conld  she?     "Go  thv  s       „t  r 
-;ee,;;  we.  won.  which  no  one,  ,W.°h  ^^.Zj^Z 
,  ,.;  ^•^'^-     ^'^^   "'^'«d,    which   strcurrtlicMis    fo 

*le.  The  0,1  of  true  consolation,  tliat  makes  the  soul 
l'l"'«e  or  w,ng  with  confidence  and  ho,*,  was  not  noarTd 
pon  the  dy,-ng  gi,.|.  Kone,  none  of  h  se  I  t"  I  ™ 
"•I«.red  death  is  indeed  a  fearfnl,  fcarfnl  visi  or  A  d 
» l'"-  .s  ra„idly  approaching.  Aronnd  the  deattbe/ of 
.l.a  the  weeping  fan.ilj-  gather.  Mary,  too,  is  tl  ere  and 
0  w.ps  for  something  else  than  death.^er'trndt  a  ;.  ,: 

™     of  h       ■  :'  "  *"°''°"'  "'•""•■     «"«  »-l-  for  the 
death  of  her  sister,  and  weeps,  moreover,  for  the  <leath  of 

•hose  hopes  which  she  had  for  tint     kt./  IT 

V  tl,  ,  '^"''''   sisters  converaon 

t'other  and  mothnr  w^en    too— wpph  V-h    p     *t 

.-.c^.,   too — \^eep   both  for  tiieir  welJ 


IDA 


W  E  I-  I,  !     W  K  I.  I,  ! 


Iftvcil  cliild,  and  tlio  uiiwilliiigin'.ss  with  which  she  in<tt<  tho 
suuMiions  of  her  (iod. 

k^h  !  'sviifffi'iidhi*?  pound  1  Julia  cricp,  (h'spondin^^i}  : 
"<*Mi.'  lotluT,  RWf^^t  inolher  !  father,  father  dear  !  how  ciiu 
1  Itave  \  >n,  how  ran  I  die?  Gertrude  1  Miir — ."  Miirv'^ 
heart  blee^ls.  Gertrude's  is  |)ier^pd  as  liy  a  da^'-^er.  Tii- 
l)lo(xi  has  fled  from  Mary's  cheek  and  lip,  Gerirudo,  ovtr- 
po^vpred  with  sonow,  loses  all  consriousness,  and  falls  to  iIm' 
jLT'Mnid.  The  lust  slrujrgle  cewnes  upon  Julia — the  last  that 
evir  *he  shall  have  on  eartti  and  hard  and  horrilile  it 
is.  AFother,  father,  all  have  faded  from  her  sifjcht  -a  low. 
low  moan  is  heard — and  Julia  is  nothing  but  clay  1 

And  so  the  spirit  of  the  ball-room,  though  'twas  as  hniirh- 
ing  as  life,  was  nothing  in  truch  but  Death's  spirit  in  dis- 
guise. 

More  tlian  Julia  has  that  spirit" deceived.  Tliere  in  tlie 
grave-yards,  where  white  blossoms  are  whitest  in  suninior, 
go  and  see  what  the  fell  spirit  has  done.  Night  and  the 
sj)irit  are  strong.  The  latter  arouses  the  prey,  and  tlio 
former  pierces  it  to  the  heart. 

Will  the  young  still  love  the  liall-room,  and  take  no  notice 
of  the  graves  which  it  has  made  ?  With  all  the  wrecks 
which  we  see  around  us,  and  with  all  the  white  blos.sonis 
which  tell  of  his  works,  will  other  Julias  fail  to  detect  the 
phantom  of  death  masquerading  in  the  ball-room  ? 


I  she  iu('<f>  ili(> 


A    TAI,  E, 


191 


ClfAITKR  XXXl. 

A    IsTORV. 

GFRTRr-DR,  whose  li(.„Iil,  ;vas  fH.t  r..ii:.       I-  . 
^^<-<iin^Wy,  not  only  I. ^  hcT     ,t  .         'V'*-^^^'"^"' '^^-"^ 
'•o..vcmitio„      If  iuL  I         nplH-aianro,  |,„t   also  hy  |,,r 

<l"-oa,a.Kl  looking,  out  r  1   ,*■  '.''","'  "  '■'"'^ '"'^'''•^ 
'''■""'.  "I'i'l' will  KooM  bcMuno  J  „'""7"""'«l"»f»-t 
"  GcTtnule,  dear  Gertriulf  t  'h'«  fn.  fi     t  • 


lys 


W  F  r.  L  !     W  E  I.  I.  I 


iiUb  tljis  deatli  of  Julia  j^pared  liur  ? 

'  Tliriee  liappy  are  they  who  depart 

From  the  trials  that  threaten  them  here, 
i-'-e  a  imuii  hath  yet  tonehcd  the  vo.u.g  lieart 
Or  the  eye  is  bedinimed  by  a  tear.'  ' 

"  f «;  '^\l^''  the  living  tl.at  we  should  weep,  and  not  for 
the  dead      How  many  in  the  world  there  are,  whose  sor- 
rows If  known,  would  fully  prove  what  I  say  !     Gertmd. 
I  will  tell  you  something  that  will  show  you  how  truthful 
.^n-e  n.y  words.    When  you  shall  have  heard  me  out.  perlum. 
you  will  confess  that  the  dead  are  the  happier 

"  It  is  now  nearly  four  years  since  I  left  my  home.     At 
the  tmie  of  my  departure,  my  parents  were  alive  and  w,  I! 
^ly  father  was  a  Protestant,  and,  I  suppose,  still  is.    Eci,.." 
m  prosperous  circumstai.ccs,  he  gave  me  a  good  education 
My  mother  was  a  Catholic,  antl  contumes,  I  have  no  douI,t' 
as  firm  in  the  faith  as  ever.     At  the  age  of  fourteen  I  wns 
sent  to  a  convent  in  France  to  receive  my  education.    I 
stopped  there  four  years,  and  then  returned  to  my  parent." 
Gertrude  was  all  attention,  while  Marv  continued 
"On  my  coming  home,  my  father  and  mother  both  v<, 
solve.l  upon  having  me  married  to  a  young  lawver,  who  wns 
a  frequent  visitor  at  our  house,  and  who  w.;,  moreover 
rich,  talented,  and  highly  ttecon.plished.    To  this  propositi.m 
I  would  not  consent.     I  had  two  reasons  for  opposing  ,nv 
parents  wishes.     Which  was  the  stronger  I  can  s.-a^cerv 
say.     Ihe  first  was  that  the  young  man  was  not  of  my  o.n 
crced-and  the  second,  that  1  loved,  dearly  loved  another" 
At  these  words,  Mary  filled  up  with  emotion,  and  I'ur 
some  time  could  not  proceed.     Recovering  from  the  feeHi.-' 
which  such  a  reeoll(>ctioii  brought  upon  her,  she  drew  fruiu 
her  bosom  that  little  locket,  which,  on  a  former  dav,  as  \m 


aches  and  burdcm 


liere, 
ng  heart, 

weep,  anrl  not  for 
e  are,  whose  sor- 
say  !  Gertnidc, 
you  how  truthful 
1  me  out,  perluip^j 
)ier. 

ft  my  liomc.     At 
re  alive  and  wdl. 
ie,  still  is.    Beidi: 
.  good  educiitioii. 
1  have  no  douKt, 
f  fourteen  I  w:!s 
ny  education.     I 
to  my  parents." 
'ontinued. 
mother  both  re- 
lawyer,  who  was 
'  was,  moreover, 
'  this  jiropositioii 
fur  o}»porfing  my 
'  I  can  scarcely 
!  not  of  my  own 
loved  ajiotlier.'' 
motion,  and  for 
from  the  feeliiiL' 
',  she  drew  from 
mcr  dav,  as  has 


A     T  A  I,  E 


I'Jtf 


l««n  stated,  Dr.  .\ri)o,„.,l,l  >u:admMy  mot  anj  1,„„  r 

2^  ^„.,.„,  .,.,,,_,/.  ,^;---. 

. "™  "".■•«  ''^  »  ■<>"?  pause  OB  both  si.lee     Gertra,Ie 
w„„„  Hosit,  awaiU,.  t„e  ».o,,,    Ma,,  a       ^ 

n.l-.a,.5:te:y"'''''"'  "'"'  '""^  "-  -^  ^-i«'-' 
These  heart-l,reaki„K  words,  sou,„li„go„  her  ear  cUsnnll. 

fe"iu^  on.         J5i,t  he  was    nnooent vp« 

was  amoceat,"  said  she,  after  a  „,o,„eut.    Th    Ijll 
"'"•;  •""'.  '""•'=■■  *«  •'-•Pluia  of  a  subjeet  «,  sad 
Leavn.g  her  for  a  momeut  to  her  ,,iie„ee  and  tears  the 

-very,  reee.ved  seatenee  of  expatriation  ibr  life         \ 
flor;on.,,  high-minded,  fearless  >•„.„,..  fellow   not  I 

«.  I'    WIS  generous,  noble,  fnder,  and  brave    ....Jo 
' '  own  all,  he  was  a  member  of  Mary's  church  ' 

■M^>ry,  resuming  her  histo,-y,  said  :  "  Gertrude  my  nar-ats 
l-""»-.ug  my  affection  for  hin,  who  is  now  in  d'.I^fwO 
;;;r-.-t  bleeds  to  think  of  i,-„,,re  not  thl  let"  J 

I    «i  "Km  stdl,     I  told  my  mother  the  danger  of  mixed 


liicUTia^cs 


1  lemmded  her  of  the  ma,.ifold  miseries  whi,.h 


200 


w  ell!    we  l  l  1 


spriiij^  from  such  unnatural  alliances,  and  ri-'fcrred  her  t/> 
several  instances  which  fully  sulxstuntiated  my  words.  J 
spoke  in  vain.  My  inotlu-r  was  a  reli<^ious  woman,  and 
Laving,  in  my  father,  a  partner  who,  unlike  the  ti'eneraiity 
of  Protestant  husbands,  never  thwarted  her  in  her  si)iritu;il 
exercises,  believed,  no  doubt,  that  though  many  mixed  mar- 
riages were  miserable  in  the  extreme,  mine  would  neverlho* 
less  1i>e  as  happy  as  her  own.  She  bade  me  remember  that 
Cliarloe,  which  was  her  favorite's  name,  was  'in  such  circum- 
stances as  blessed  few  of  those  from  among  whom  I  might 
be  inclined  to  make  my  choice.  She  bade  me  remember 
that  from  the  love  wliich  Charles  had  for  me,  and  tlu;  prom- 
ises which  he  would  give,  I  need  never  be  afraid  of  haviiit!; 
anything  that  would  cause  me  a  moment's  pain.  With  such 
reasoning  did  she,  day  after  day,  endeavor  to  win  my  con- 
sent. On  the  other  hand,  my  father,  who,  like  the  most  of 
his  kind,  seemed  to  have  no  thought  whatever  of  becoming 
a  pnictical  Clirlstian  of  any  denomination,  cared  not  of 
what  religion  my  husband  might  be,  provided  he  were 
wealthy.  Wealth,  and  nothing  else,  appeared  to  be  his 
creed.  Havuig  a  very  latitudinarian  conscience,  he  would 
often  say  to  me  that  no  matter  what  I  was  or  was  not,  it 
would  be  all  the  same  in  a  hundred  years.  If  I  had  seen 
hhn  religiously  inclined  in  any  way  ;  if  I  had  been  accus- 
tomed to  see  him  going  to  some  church,  I  would,  no  doul)t, 
be  as  likely  to  be  a  Protestant  as  a  Catholic  ;  but  when, 
from  the  first  day  that  I  could  observe,  I  found  my  mother 
going  every  Sunday  to  mass,  reading  works  of  piety,  and 
praying  morning  and  night,  I  saw  of  course  that  there  wiu-^, 
m  her  religion,  reality,  and  holiness,  and  power,  which  con- 
vinced me  of  its  superiority.  If,  then,  my  mother's  advice 
with  regard  to  this  marriage,  made  no  impression  upon  rae, 
it  is  evident  that  my  father's  would,  if  possible,  make  even 


A    T.,,K.  2gj 

rniml  tn    I     ""'.'"  ""^ '^""vci.t,  had  so  ,„udi  on,,,e,|  ,„v 
mwi  to  tlic  prmousuoss  of  the  tme  faith  M,.,t  I       i       " 
for  the  world  thi„k  of  havh,<-  th      T  '  '"" 

Kxr.rio„ce  too,  which,  Z'J^t^ri^J'^^r'") 
Rathored  at  homo,  kept  souudini^  i„  „;,,,:'",* ';'''''''  ' 

"^:^r:;;,:rt:-:r~;-^ 

ti:  To   ,;  w«,i,:: ""  T """'""" '°  '■'»  °''j-"™^ 

of  their  H  Irite      S  if'r  TZ'  '  ""^  '°  ''-^  '"«  "'^ 

iavontt.     tetill  I  ojpposed  them.     Whotlier  i„  «..„ 

:'  o^»ot  I  cannot  say,  h„t  the,  at  tet  info       ,  „    ,  l^ 

I  c::,d  Z:  t^  :,:r  -r/,  f-  -:'"  ^  '>«^r  it  ? 

n.„  •  X.  '^'""'o'  iiien,  that  I  had  no  other  nio'iM«  nf 
scapmg  from  what  I  considered  the  snare  that  wal  h  If 

r  !l  r  ;  !     """"^  •"■  '"•»  »ft«>vard.,,  the  couch  for 

>"b  n,,  and  finding  ,l,ere  a  vessel  that  wa.  jnst  abl  " 

■  S  for  America,  I  bade  farewell  to  u,y  naive  land  Alt 
-days  „revions  to  my  leaving,  m'y  hrjn.t.ut^o  f 

VM  to  an  nnele-s,  who  lived  in  a  tow,,  about  twenty  Z^ 

"»,  I  wa^  afraid  to  await  his  coming.     I  was  afraid  to  tell 
'f  my  mtendcd  flight,  lest  he  misht  prevent  neo 


hi 


202 


well!   w  k  l  I. ! 


poinff.  Ob  !  t  was  liard— it  was  liard.  Since  tlion,  I 
have"  never  heard  of  nither,  mother,  or  l)rother.  I  never 
wrote  to  them.     Of  course,  they  could  not  write  to  me." 

Having  gone  on  so  far,  Mary  next  proceeded  to  recount 
her  trials  at  Dr.  M'Dougald's— trials  with  which  the  reade- 
is  already  familiar.  The  i)ORition  which  slie  held  at  Baxter's, 
so  well  known  to  her  fair,  pale  listener,  was  such  as,  to  Ger- 
trude's mind,  put  a  climax  to  her  misery. 

Her  beloved  companion,  having  heard  all,  stood  mute  in 
sorrow  and  amaze. 

"  Well,  who  is  more  unhappy,  Gertrude,  the  living  or  the 
dead  ?     And  who  should  be  sadder,  you  or  I  ?" 

"  Mary,  dear  Mary  !  I  cannot  give  utterance  to  ray  feel- 
ings.    All  I  can  say  is,  that  my  trials  are  nothing." 

"liaving  said  this,  Gertrude,  taking  her  friend's  hand  in  that 
chilly  white  one  of  her  own,  kissed  it,  and  wept  like  a  child. 
For  nearly  four  years  this  history  of  poor  Mary  was  a 
secret  which  she  could  reveal  to  none.     During  that  time, 
often  did  she  wish  for  some  being  like  herself  in  whom  that 
story  would  find  a  sympathizer.     Yain  was  her  longing. 
She  had  mingled  with  none  but  Protestants,  and  she  rightly 
judged  that  in  such  there  was  no  pity  for  a  tale  like  hers. 
Emma,  though  dearly  loved,  was  too  young  to  hear  such 
thhigs.     Gertrude,  before  her  conversion,  could  not  be  ex- 
pected, any  more  than  the  rest,  to  appreciate  the  great 
sacrifice  which  Mary  had  made.     A  good  Catholic  now, 
and  a  loving  associate  besides,  she  was  just  the  one  for  whom 
our  gentle  sufferer  so  often  wished  in  vain. 

Having  at  last  unbosomed  herself  thus,  Mary  felt  im- 
measurably relieved. 

Let  not  the  reader  turn  away  from  this  page,  and  say 
that  such  heroism  as  this  of  our  wanderer  is  a  thing  that 


never  ex  is 


ted. 


cc  tlion,  I 
'.     I  never 

to  me." 
,  to  recount 

the  roadi.'" 
at  Baxter's, 

as,  to  Ger- 

)od  mute  in 


iving  or  the 


to  ray  feei- 
ng:." 

liand  in  that 
like  a  ehiM. 
Mary  was  a 
jT  that  time, 
1  whom  that 
her  longinsr. 
\  she  rightly 
ale  like  hers. 

0  hear  such 

1  not  be  ex- 
te  the  great 
itholic  now, 
)ne  for  whom 

[arv  felt  im- 

age,  and  say 
a  thing  that 


A    TALK, 


2o;{ 


l<or  sake  of  this  self-same  faith  for  which  this  nohl.  o-i,i 
dared  and  endured  all  that  she  , lid,  martvrs,  thousamiriu 
mimher,  have  braved  the  frown  of  the  tvrant,  and  ianolH-d 
at  every  torture.     For  this,  warriors  hai'e  flm.g  down  tl.eir 
Fwords,  princes  their  titles,  and  kings  their  crowns      For 
this,  multitudes  of  every  race  and  station  have  relinqnish(>d 
houses  and  lands,  worldly  happiness  and  hope,  and  gone  into 
solitude,  forgetful  of  them  all.     For  this,  maidens,  higher 
born  far  than  Mary,  and  ten.ler  as  she.  have  moc-ked  at  the 
I  agan's  edict,  and  passed  through  the  fieriest  death  rather 
than  join  the  way  of  the  unl)eliever. 

And  why  not?  Compared  with  this,  what  is  worldlv 
royalty,  what  are  worldly  riches,  what  is  worldlv  iovV 
>othing.  That  which  will  prove  royalty  a  rag,'  rthes 
passing  beams,  joy  a  vision,  as  vain  as  it  is  beautiful-that 
foilh,  true  faith,  is  greater  than  them  all,  and  should  in 
spite  of  every  temptation,  be  preserved,  even  at  the  shed.lin- 
of  the  heart's  last  blood. 

What  happiness  is  like  that  given  ]>y  that  faith  which 
keeps  the  frail  heart  from  failing  ?     That  faith  can  liohten 
with  loveliest  raj,  the  gloom  of  the  dungeon,  and  warm' 
with  holiest  fire,  the  iron  of  the  captive's  chain.     That  faitli 
has  a  power  which  no  sorrow  can  quell,  a  glory  no  adversity 
can  dim,  a  loveliness  as  fadeless  as  the  stars.     That  faith 
can  make  all  things  fair,  and  bid  the  desert  blossom  like 
the  rose.     'Tis  of  all  things  gh.rious  that  it  sings-of  end- 
less  joy,  and  bloom,  and  light,  triumph,  bliss,  and  immoi- 
tality. 

Twas  l)y  a  faith  thus  mighty  and  invincible,  that  Ma- 
n's young   spirit,    otherwise    conquered,    soared    superior 
to  every  affliction.     Had  she  met  with  no  recompense  in 
this  world,  yet  would  she  be  doubly  rewarded  in  the  other 
She  has  long^  since  faded  from  this  enrthlv  scene,  but  she 


204 


W  K  L  h  !     W  E  I,  1,  I 


surely  sliines  with  peerless  lustre  in  a  region  wlierc  there's 
no  such  thing  as  blight. 

The  fond  girls,  risen  from  their  rock  on  the  shore,  move 
towards  their  dwelling.  Gertrude  has  about  her  all  the 
symptoms  of  a  swift  consumption.  As  she  walks  hci 
breathing  becomes  shorter  and  more  difficult — her  cherk 
is  bluslnng  witii  a  hue  that  belongs  to  decay— her  face  is 
mournfully  pale  and  transi)arent — and 

"  The  cliaiige  is  o'er  her  charms  that  eays,  the  flower  must  pass  uwhv." 

The  professor  of  music  and  French  has  ceased  to  give 
her  lessons.  Every  time  she  sees  her  piano,  now  shut  up, 
and  covered  with  its  cloth,  she  imagines  that  she  sees  her 
coffin.     She  sings  no  more. 

Mary  observes  all  this,  yet  hopes  for  her  friend.  If  Ger- 
trude is  to  die  so  soon,  what  is  Mary  to  do  ?  Oh  !  why  is 
this  world  so  full  of  disai»pointment  ?  If  joy  even  for  a 
moment  lightens  up  the  gloom,  something  dashes  it  out 
immediately. 

"  False  is  the  light  on  glory's  plume, 
As  fading  hues  of  even, 
And  Love,  and  Joy,  and  Beauty's  bloom, 
Are  blossoms  gathered  for  the  tomb — 
There's  nothing  true  but  Heaven." 

How  can  Mary  regret  that  her  fair  companion  shouki, 
before  trouble  comes  on,  ascend  to  that  bright  inheritance  ? 
Yet  so  it  is,  and  it  is  not  well.  But  Hope,  never  unem- 
ployed, allows  no  one,  meanwhile,  to  think  of  Gertrude's 
grave.     Perhaps  the  charmer  knows  best. 


icrc  there's 

^ho^e,  move 
her  all  the 
walks  her 
-her  check 
-her  face  is 

st  pasi*  uwny." 

sed  to  jjivc 
lOW  shut  uj), 
;he  sees  her 

id.     If  Ger- 

Oh  I  why  is 

even  for  a 

ishes  it  out 


uion  slionld, 
hiheritanec  ? 
uever  uneni- 
if  Gertrude's 


A    TALE. 


205 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 

A    STRANG ER. 

A  rm  weeks  before  I,i3  wife'.,  deal!,,  Dr.   MI)u,„-.nM 
H,cc.ee.M    by  ,l,o  will  of  |,i.,  n,tl,er-in-l„w,  ,o  a  l„r„   e 
-v-.y  t  ,o„,,a,Kl  Uoilar.s.     ,I„vi,„  ,,,„  ■„„,  ,  ,„„  l"  .   '^ 
-■■w.«    to  returu  to  bis  native  cou,„ry,  be   „ow    Hnalv 
re^olve.   to  carry  out   as  .soon  a.,  possible,  his  favorite  inten- 

tic..l  He  I  bad  been  plaeed  iu  a  position  wl.ieb  left  l,i,„ 
c"t.rely  free  trom  any  elaim  that  she  n,i,.|.t  have  npon  her 
master.  Under  these  favorable  cire.nustanees,  Ml>„nu'ald 
Uoke  np  bouse-keeping,  and  taking  with  bin,  bis  |,e„,uif„l 
Kunna,  who  wa.,  at  this  ti,„e,  nearly  lifteen,  be  started  for 

"  Where  the  licather  wavc^  its  purple  bell 
O'er  moor  and  uiouiUiiiu  crest." 

or  wa.  a  Profes.sor  m  his  own  Alma  Mater,  the  Medie-,1 
College  of  Glasgow,     He  „„d  been  in  this  po.s  ,ion  ab        i' 
«..l,s,  when  taking  a  groat  faney  to  a  eertain  young  n  a u 
^0  was  stu.lying  at  .be  University,  be  invi.ed'bi.a"  o 
house,  and  n.troduced  bim  to  bis  daughter.     jrDou..ald 
«l»ays  a  great  and  even  enthusiastic  admirer  of  talenrner- 
"■"-".g  that  tbe  student  po..sessed  uucomn.on  gifts  at'o  ,ce 
onee,ved  the  Wea  of  having  bin.  and  Eunna  engaged     T 
^'1?  gentleman's  name  was  Henry  JIangan.     He  was  of 
■•o-ic  a„K.ara„ce  and  faultless  symmetry.     He  bad  a  br„w 
4'Ou  wln,;h  genius  was  certaiuly  enthroned,  and  be  b»d  an 


206 


W  E  I,  I,  !     W  F  I,  I. 


eye  wliich  a.s  certainly  won  where  it  wniiilered,  daz/Jnl 
where  it  <lwelt.  Though  far  superior  to  any  of  his  ela>s- 
nr.ites,  he  was  still  the  admired  of  all.  The  delij;ht  of  tht- 
social  circle,  he  had  a  voice  that  was  really  captivating.  He 
drew  prizes  for  everythino;  he  studied,  yet  vanity  he  showed 
not  the  least.  "  \\'ild  as  a  wild  deer,"  however,  was  this 
same  graceful  and  comely  young  Mangan.  The  element  in 
which  he  felt  hap})iest,  was  that  in  which  Innocent  mischief 
was  rifest  and  most  ram[)ant.  To  catch  hira  in  his  scrapes 
was  a  ching  impossible.  He  would,  for  instance,  write 
letters  of  invitation  to  the  Professors,  re(iu'<^sting  them  to 
do  Lord  So  and  So  the  honor  of  dining  on  such  a  day  at 
his  mansion.  In  the  mean  time  lie  would,  when  the  hour 
came,  chuckle  with  all  satisfaction  over  the  prank  which  he 
so  happily  played.  At  another  time  he  would  direct  afiee- 
tionate  epistles  to  his  companions,  and  sign  them  with  the 
names  of  such  parties  as,  he  knew,  would  be  most  agreeal)le 
to  the  recipients.  Things  of  this  kind,  to  say  nothing  ol' 
others  as  funny,  were  his  endless  and  highest  delight. 

This  wild  way  of  his  only  made  him  dearer  to  the  doctor, 
who  believed  that  Henry  was  more  like  himself,  when  hiiii- 
Belf  was  young,  than  any  person  whom  he  had  ever  met. 

Mangan  was  passionately  fond  of  singing,  mu'sic,  and 
poetry.  There  were  few  songs  which  he  did  not  know — 
there  was  no  part,  whether  bass,  tenor,  treble,  or  counter,  in 
which  he  was  not  almost  an  adept.  He  was  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  English  poets,  and  he  was  not  unfamiliar 
with  the  French  ones.  With  all  this,  he  could  finger  the 
piano  as  well  as  most  amateurs,  and  he  could  compose 
verses  much  better  and  faster  than  the  doctor  himself. 

During  the  time  that  he  spent  at  the  Medical  College,  no 
one  could  tell  to  what  religion  he  belonged.  From  all 
relig'ious  cosUroversy  he  cautiously  abstained.     For  doing 


A    TALK. 


20: 


...  *" I 

f'""^'  lio  had  a  poruliar  t^^nt      \fiA 

l-ci  Of  this  yo„„^  iacl„ie.'T       ;.„/:;;,  "'"^  ""'  '''^'^  '^ 
"PI'O'ite  of  wl,at  it  pfotemlc,    t„  '"" -^'-se  just  tl,e 

mcT.  y  wanted  ,o  ,st.e„gthc„  their  affect.,,  I  .  "T' 
»f  -Ma>,gan,  an,l  his  hatred  of  old  bad  H .,  "'"'"■'"""' 
to  not  i,i  tliis  wise      Tint  1,„        ,    "'"•''''•""*"'.  '"'Iiiwi  him 

To«.nato„ts:;:pii:^::i:-;-''«'7..nxi„.. 

«as  not  on  acconnt  of  l,e  ,i  ,.i  '  ,  "  7™^'^  '^'"■'^-  '' 
«"J,  or  the  res^-tl,o„.j:;^'~.;:'^ '";•'■■  "'"'"'■'"""■ 
^I'ogrew  so  enamored  of  ™  "  '  V""*'™'''  '"">"l^''~<^>:'t 
»-;tMng  Which  .he  coaid  '  ,e:ir:, "'';"",  '"■"  ' 
'"'etly  marked,  that  ca,-ried  her  coIieM  '  "  '"^ 
■'»™elo«s  rceommendatio,.  is  left  for  t.^''"'"--  '■""'^ 
if  well  and  good  von  m,„.   ■  "''"  '"  '""'*'i'"'- 

•*«  4  o'/L" : ',"::  rj .  ^"  -"'•"  '"^ 

sibly  tell.  '        ^^^"  ^'"^  we  can  pos- 

'I'lie  affection  between  this  vnut),p.  i      • 
^.v  Jay.     Henry  wasTe         It     ,!'''"  f""  ■*""^"  ""^ 
»«rty.    Emma  w«,  n        ,   ^^^      '''  '"'  "™  '"  '■'"""■''s 
4  voi  h- I  "■  ''"'W  unles.s  she  was  in  h-m-v  s 

>cnr  had  not  passed  when  they  were  betrothed  ^ 


208 


well!   wki.k 


:;ir 


How  lieavily  time  lags  for  those  whose  ))rul  il  .s  :;ir  iii 
tlie  distance  I  Henry,  with  two  years  yet  to  sliily,  Ult 
almost  as  miserable  as  did  the  Hying  Datehman  who  neviT 
doubled  the  Cape.  Emma's  Ulteeu  vanished  yeais  seemed 
to  her  shorter  than  the  two  years  for  whose  expiration  she 
was  80  anxiously  waiting.  Both  were  now  in  the  slowt-st 
coach  that  ever  yet  drew  them  along.  What  a  pity  that 
every  month  wavS  not  a  February  ! 

Enmia  one  day  found  to  her  deep  regret  that  the  last 
year  of  waiting  was  to  be  a  leajvyear.  Goodness  !  what  a 
misery  ! — the  time  lAOfie  w/wle  ^%  longer  than  she  expected. 
This  was  intelligence  so  painful  to  her  that  she  knew  not 
how  to  compose  herself. 

And  thus,  it  may  be  sup{KXsed,  have  pant«d  for  a  day 
similar  to  that  for  which  Emma  is  sighing,  the  nnhapi.iest 
pairs  that  ever  marriage  made  one.  'Tis  well. .  Better  thai 
an  impenetrable  veil  hangs  between  us  and  futurity,  than 
that  no  veil  was  there.  If  life  is  miserable  enough  as  it  is, 
what  would  it  be  if  the  future  were  as  clear  U)  us  us  the 
present  or  the  past  ?  Worse  a  thousand  fold.  If  we  have 
not  the  futui-e  to  enlighten  us,  we  have  what  is  better- 
bright  hoi>e  to  cheer  us,  to  charm  us— hope,  winch,  if  the 
veil  from  the  future  were  withdrawn,  would  never  tliug  a  niy 
over  present  miseries. 

Henry  and  Emma  have  promised  each  other  to  become 
one,  and  one  they  surely  shall  be,  if  nothing  untoward 
intervene.  Who  would  wish  that  two  such  loving  hearts 
should,  by  any  misfortune,  be  the  victims  of  disapi>ointmcnt  ? 
But  the  dark  veil  of  the  future  hides  many  a  strange  fact. 
Wait,  till  it  is  a  little  uplifted. 

While  things  are  thus  traaspiring,  while  Emma  is  dream- 
ing of  bliss  to  come  when  the  leap-year  shall  have  passed. 
and  while  her  beloved  is  indulging  in  a  reverie  no  less  joyous 


l)l'"ul  ll    '.s   I;ir  ill 

,  to  stii.ly,  IVlt 
man  wlio  ucvur 
.1  yt'Hi's  sl'oiirhI 
>  expiration  she 
in  tlie  slowest 
hat  a  pity  that 

t  tliat  tlie  hist 
)(lnoss  !  what  a 
n  she  expectt'Ll, 
t  she  knew  not 

nted  for  a  day 
the  nnhai)piest 
ll, .  Better  thai 
[1  futurity,  tluip 
enough  as  it  is, 
lear  to  us  as  tlic 
lid.  If  we  have 
hat  is  better — 
ie,  'A  hidi,  if  the 
never  iiiug  a  ray 

other  to  become 
itinng  untowartl 
h  loving  hearts 
disapiK)intmcnt  ? 
y  a  strange  fact. 

Emma  is  dream- 
all  have  passed, 
rie  no  lei^s  joyous 


ami  lovvly,  ,he  l„,,,da.vs  of  coll^Hv-lile  ,uove  sl„«,v,  „,,,,■,, 
-l"^^^ly  «„.     A»  uMul,   II,.,.,.,,  ,■,..,„  ,i,.,,  ,^    :  ,^ 

I'  ". ■'>•!•    It  the  o.v|R.„,s„  of  so,,,,,  wo,„i«.i„.  wi.-ht  or  w .1^ 

«-:^."rt!:;;rS::";i::':'r^- '■■"■'■'■"^' 

tn   .......i.  '  ''•'  '  '"I"  "'•■*'ii,„;c,  hired 

to  s.n  I,  „i,  s„,„„   „|„.,.„„„,t  „,  „„  "^^  ' 

-■'.  >vi...,  .aa,.ki,.,  ,vi,i,  „.,,„„,  ,..„„,:,,„„  ."h;; 

-1  eum,u.s  a,,|,a,.,.|  of  the  .s,u.h.,„s,  i„„„i„„,  ,h„t    ,,.',; 
be  reuliy  .supe,.„a„„.„l.    AVhe„  ,she  ,.k.s  hh„  for     .J        ' 
pittance  d„e  to  her  services,  he  look.  „t  h,.r  with  wi,, 
■"(,'  a,r  a,K    asks  her  i„  „  to„e  .„me  l,e„.ihh..,.i„.:  ,  ! 

.ac„„a„„ed  with  the  tricks  of  eolle,na.e  life,  "„i:,, 
«  0  «-,shes  to  hnpose  „,,o„   hi,u  „  ,K.c„„iar,  o„,s  f  r      , 
ablu  ,o„  of  hi.,  domicile  V    The  „oor  wo,„u„  startled  at  t 

Ui    hiMg       At   another  time,  "he  pro^nostieates  fVoa- 
1."  ...Aulos„y  of  the  at.aosphero,  that  Lrtals  ,„ay  a 
■ate  for  the  „,or,.„>v  „  ph.ioas  dis.illatio,,."    I),.iW„r    ,t 
-  ""ncnd  a,„l  pa.i,,,  by  a  ce.aetery  sun.,,,,,!,.,,",, 
Fctty  ,ro„  fence,  he  e.xelai,ns :    "  AVhat  a  heantifnl  i„elj. 
-le  !»  and  w.thout  fur,h,.r  <lelay,  vents  the  following  ,  .  t 
oas  ,„cpnry:    ■•  ,s  the  ingress  open  to  vehicles,  o^  I  " 
eu.las,vely  ..eserved  for  pedestrians  V>     liein^  asked  by  » 
J^-fcllow  how  he  hked  Dr.  Rassell's  last  lectnre,  he  re- 

"It  was  exceedingly  eru,]ito  indeed,  hut  the  tenor  of 
:» .hssertation  was  huneatably  obsenrih^d  by  th    ad      io 
ot  a  superfluity  of  technicalities.''  ' 

In  the  n>ea„  time  En,„,a  is  keeping  rep-.lar  note  of  each 
day  that  p„.,sea  by.     When  Henry  is  uot  m  her  company 


^ 


210 


W  L  I.  I,  !     W  K  I.  1.  ! 


she  is  feasting  her  eyes  upon  his  jK)rtrait,  which  sht-  would 
wish  hud  as  witehiiiir  a  tontrue  as  the  inatehlcss  orivtiiial. 

iieriry  is  determined  to  take  a  "  rise"  out  oC  some  of  his 
eomi)anions,  and  for  this  purpose  hiys  a  wager  witli  four  of 
them  that  he  will  run,  by  night,  not  bij  day,  a  race  with 
horse  and  carriage  to  a  certain  town,  stop  tliere  three  hours, 
w.ite  a  rhyming  account  of  his  journey,  and  be  back  to 
(ihjsgow,  before  they,  who  need  not  delay  a  minute,  will  Ix! 
more  than  half  the  road.  The  bet  is  taken  up,  and  both 
sides  prepare  for  the  contest.  They  start.  l>oth  keej*  an 
even  pace  until  they  arrive  at  an  inn  about  seven  miles  from 
the  starting  i>ost.  Henry  invites  them  to  go  in  to  take  a 
glass  of  whiskey  punch.  This  is  agreed  to,  and  they  sit  down 
to  drink.  Another  tumbler  is  tilled  out,  and  another,  and 
another.  'Tis  nearly  twelve  o'clock  at  night  when  the  rivals 
think  of  i)rosecuting  their  journey.  All  of  course  are  in 
good  travelling  condition.  They  start  again.  Henry  goes 
ahead.  Shout  and  song  enliven  the  way.  The  night  i.^ 
l)itchy  dark.  "  You'll  hear  of  sport  in  the  morning,"  saitl 
Henry  to  the  particular  friend  who  rides  with  him.  Prc- 
sently  the  hindmost  racers  suddenly  stop,  and  cry  out  to 
their  brethren  ahead  to  hold  on  a  moment.  The  gentry  in 
advance,  deaf  as  beetles,  pursue  with  roguish  unconscious- 
ness their  midnight  course.  What's  the  matter  ?  Con- 
found it  1  one  of  the  wheels  of  the  rear  carriage  has  come 
otr,  and  rolled— the  "  dear  knows  where."  Everybody  is 
busy  groping  in  the  gloom,  and  two  full  hours  are  thus 
wiuandered  in  vain.  The  wheel  is  neither  seen,  nor  even 
stumbled  on.  No  use  poking  there.  Back  at  last  to  the  inn 
hurry  the  unfortunates,  and  after  grievous  falling  in  the 
lirst  i)lace,  and  desperate  calling  in  the  second,  they  succeed 
at  length  in  waking  up  the  drowsy  host. 

"  Nae  carriatre  hae  I."  says  Sawney,   "  nane  for  ye  oi 


A     T  A  I,  E 


mV'iol. 


Caii't 


you  let  U.S  have  ji  I.nit( 


'Ht  itlior."     Xo  hel|)-tl...  hai.I 


rii 


\ 


!ll 


<y,  MMi- 


"h-  in>lit,  and  eon.sid 


I'l-  ->|«irty  Imv.  n,  put  iiMfui 


I'liig  the  lewne^fi  of  \h 


"'youKlittobeiniirl.tilyvvellplou.sea 


'(,S 


ut  tl 


up 
le  inn. 


iiitxjation 


fvni  with  li(.uruceoni. 


KiiHy  in  the  iiiorninir  H,.  , 


fii;r,  while  his 


ry  was  on  his  way  home,  rt"joi(,. 


competitor    were  just  alwut  nroc 
-^  "P  t'-ir  vanished  wheel.     lie  bade  the/u 
■y,  and  pas^sed  on.     l)ayh>ht  tl 
ry.     The  wheel  had  rolled  f 


eedi 


iMVstt 


irew 


iiK  to 

the  time  of 
its  ii^ht  upon  tl 


10 


want  of  an  inm  pin,  whose  nl 


ar  away  from  the  earr 


niL^' 


J>lace  was  badly  supj.licd  1,3 


which   all  eonelu.ied  was  the  work 


of  tl 


»y 
le 


prophets  to  understand 


u  wfXHlen  one 

":iy  II«nT.     l-,..r.o„s  neoir'no't  be  ,„„,,„,,,,  „ 

";  ^"■"l'-""-",  was  the  „,„|„„l,te,l   winner.      Wl,e 
Heute.1  oo,arud,.s  ret„nu,i  to  Ola.,ow  he  read  fo     I, 
h«  |»en.  teeriptive  of  the  journev  an,l  i    i,  TV 

"  ilow  do  you  like  my  portrait  ?"  said   fimm'.   fn  Tr 
one  evening,  when  tired  of  singin.  tliev  .a        'l  '.'"•' 

^^''"ting  for  the  doctor  '  "  *''"  l"'^'''^'' 

b:i!!f;i?;?/^"''^"^^^'-^"'"^^^'ooksaw 

witli""  """"'  "^^'  ^'^^^"  '  -'^  ^•-'"  -iJ  she, 

"  Emma  I  tell  that  to  the  marines  » 

"Now  only  hear  him,"  said  the  rosy  .riri   «  :,  ,,^  ,.,, 
dorfiilly  in(  redulous  ?»  "    '  ^  "^*  ''■^"• 

"  Vou'll  be  very  innocent  before  you  die  Emma  if  vn 
grow  more  "«  — ^         -  '  '^'"^"'^'  ''  you 


df 


For 


liiy  own  part,  tljoucrh  the 


re 


212 


wellI    well! 


are  few  more  innocent  tiiau  I  aui  at  present,  I  was  fur  ujiore 
so  about  a  year  ago." 

"  Yes — those  i)ranks  for  which  you  get  credit  at  the 
university  are  pi'oofs  tnat  convince  nie  of  wliat  you  say." 

"  What  pranks,  Emma  ?" 

"  Hear  him,  again.  Henrietta's  brother  was  telling  her 
all  about  them,  ami  you're  down  for  the  whole." 

"  Well,  well — what  a  calumniating  world  it  is  to  be  sure, 
when  even  innocence  itself  cannot  go  lujblamed  1" 

"  Who  was  it,  Henry,  that  made  such  fools  of  the  Pro- 
f(;ssors,  the  other  day,  by  getting  them  all  to  go  to  Lord 
h 's  great  banquet,  &c.  ?" 

"  I  suppose,  Emma,  that  it  was  I." 

"  And  who  was  it  that  wrote  that  billet  doux  from  Geor- 
giana  Murray  to  Archibald  Russell  ?" 

'"TiiJ  hard  for  my  innocence  to  make  that  out." 

The  conversation  was  hiterrupted  by  Dr.  M'Dougald,  who 
just  came  in,  and  having  but  a  moment  b.  re  heard  for  the 
lii-st  time  the  hoax  played  upon  some  of  ilie  Professors,  im- 
mediately asked  Henry  had  he  been  t^ld  of  it, 

"  I  was  informed  about  it  to-day,  but  I  heard  nothing  of 
it  before,"  said  the  immaculate  rogue,  with  im^)erturbable 
gravity. 

At  this  dexterous  dodge  of  her  intended,  Emma  ran  ont 
seeking  for  a  place  where  she  might  indulge  to  the  fullest  in 
laughter.  She  c<Mld  not,  to  save  her  soul,  re-enter,  so  wait- 
irjg  until  Henry  was  about  starting,  she  hurried  to  the  gate 
to  bid  him  good  night,  Henry  not  feeling  the  least  dis^^leased 
with  her,  but  determining  in  his  drollery  to  play  a  little 
prank  upon  Emma  too,  met  her  very  coldly,  and  hastened  to 
his  home. 

Not  understanding  his  design,  Emma  went  back  to  the 
house,  dreadfully  sorry,   believing  that  she  had  ofleuded 


liors 


t,  I  was  fur  iiiore 


A    T  A  r,  E  . 


213 


doux  from  Geor- 


;--,„n, ,,;;;:;;  t^rCTr  :!;-«■'•'■  •^■"- 

"wirlv-vo,  tl,at  he  would  sonn  .„n        '^     i       ''"  "•**  ''""'.  "f 
"""7-     At  hut  she  iTl, 7    ,"'''•  ""'■^k— tin..o 

i;f-<  y..  ..rough:  ri^z  "';:r""*^-  ^  ^"«"'*'"" 

t'nuna's  fedino-.s.  ^-     *^"'^fe'^^   g'coii  reader,  of 

-'-''^X':';":;^:r/.''^^^'-*tr„.u.d 

«t  tea,  '"■"    "'"'    '"«  'io't'liter  were   sittiug 

"'  "-'"^^  over  .sueh  b   Z  J   t*  ""  "r,""'"""  »l'^  oo„,o 
^ffl^'d  .i.e  cun.e„t  JZZ^:"'  ^"""^'  "^  ^'%"<'y 

%M  »d  we,;  a„;L;::^:;::;f:!„r  -'"-  -^ 

»me  others.    He  Litid  D,  m  n        .^^  '"  "'"^  """  °1«» 
<l™l^  to  take  dhmer  with  1,  „f         '    "' "'"'  '"'^  "^  "'^  «'"- 

«re  provided,  and  the  par  X^  i  ''T  "'"  ^"™*^'' 
%  as  ever  came  i„  Ju„:  wi  1  ,  '' "'"^  "«  h"' a 
;-,  the,  arrived  a  Terol  r^d  \'"'  '"'  '"°'"  ""'^ 
!'»«■,  and  reflect.,,  ,       "Z         r        '"'^  ''''''"'  "P  '''» 

"'°""'"-        D"  you  tnow  the  way 


214 


W  E  \.  I,  !     WE  L  L  ! 


well  ?"  asked   the  doctor.     "  Quite  well,"  reiilied   lit  nry, 
"  but  I  am  considerinjz;  which  of  these  routes   I'll   take" 
"  This,"  said  he  at  length,  whipping  up  the  steed,  "  this  is 
the  better  one."     On  they  went  for  about  two  miles,  when 
the  travelling  became  wretched.     "  You  must  have  takm 
the   wrong  way  !"  exclaimed    all.      "  No,  no,"  cried    the 
driver,  "  I  know  this  locality  better."     The  rond  at  every 
step  increased  in  badness,  and  still  increased,  and  at  length 
grew  nearly  impassable.     Down,  finally,  info  the  ground  up 
to  his  belly,  went  the  horse,  and  broke  one  of  the  shafts 
short  oir.      "Thunder!"  roared    the  doctor,   "there,   sec 
where  we  are  now  !"     "  Never  mind,"  remarked  Henry  with 
all  sang  froid,  "  we  have  no  more  than  a  mile  to  go."  "That 
same  is  a  comfort,"  said  the  doctor,  looking  extremely  un- 
easy, "and  we  had  better  leave  the  carriage  here."     "For 
the  short  distance  that  we  have  to  go,"  observed  Ilcnrv, 
"  'tis  not  worth  while  to  do  that.     If  we  leave  it  here,  jxr- 
haps  it  might  be  stolen.     We  had  better,  I  think,  draw  it 
along,  as  it  is  quite  light."     "  Hang  it,"  cried  the  doctor, 
"  this  is  a  pretty  piece  of  work  ;  but  come,  let  us  try  and  get 
along,  some  way."     Taking  off  his  coat  at  the  word,  and 
knowing  that  himself  was  the  stoutest  of  the  party,  he  got 
himself,  to  the  great  amusement  of  the  driver,  into  the  shafts, 
and  told  the  others  to  push  away.     Henry  mounted  tli(> 
horse,  and  followed  the  sweating  cavalcade.     He  dared  not 
laugh  except  in  his  sleeve.     Silently  as  a  funeral  procession 
walked  the  man  In  the  shafts,  and  his  assistants.     Nothing 
broke  the  stillness  for  a  full  mile,  when  the  doctor  suddenly 
turning  round  with  a  countenance  expressive  of  great  j)aiii, 
asked  the  gentleman  on  horseback  whether  this  was  reallv 
the  road.     "  Yes,  we're  just  there,  the  house  is  upon  the 
next  hill,"  was  the  consoling  reply.     M'Dougald,  having 
wiped  his  brow,  resumed  his  march  in  silence,  vdnln  the  gents 


■A     TALE, 


replied   Ilctirv, 
•utes   I'll   taUc." 

steed,  "  tills  is 

two  miles,  when 

lust  have  taken 

no,"  cried    the 

rond  at  every 
,  and  at  length 
I  the  ground  up 
e  of  the  shafts 
•r,  "  there,  see 
ved  Ilenrj  with 

to  go."  "That 
^  extremely  un- 
^  here."  "For 
(Served  Ilcnrv, 
ye  it  here,  per- 

think,  draw  it 
icd  tlie  doctor, 
t  us  try  and  get 
the  word,  and 
e  party,  lie  got 
into  the  shafts, 
r  mounted  the 

He  dared  not 
leral  procession 
mts.  Notliing 
octor  suddenly 

of  great  pain, 
this  was  really 
e  is  upon  the 
aigald,  having 
vhile  the  gents 


215 


»" '^^^^^x^:;!:cr.:"'"'"''-"""^^ 

K-«'  a.«e..  and  e.;,,         ^T"  ,^'™''  """  •"  -"<  of  n,i„. 

^"tinff  advant„.c  of  an  oc  Jo     J    °  "'''"''■"' ■'"'''' 
"';™ou«  iu  t),n,.  exertions  u,,  l!ill  '  ""'"  ""'  ""■^- 

'Jliegcal  wasat  last  0-ained     wi         .     . 

'  ever  tl,erc  was  an  iun  tl,or      t^lt  "'"  ^'"""'"^  '""■ 
jf«  'he  flood.    A  rude  eabi  'JL  "7    '"'  •'"^'••'  '^^ 

hiVe  mistaken  tl,e  wiy  tl,n  -        .  '"  ""''  *«  '^'^  «ecn. 

f'»vel,,    Tl.e  do  to     ':';:,  ;:'■'"'";    "'"  "^O'  at  ,a.t, 
"-.H.nt,  but  went  intit         f  'Z ''""  *°  "-'-  -"«'  - 
h  of  -vonrs,  ,ou  seapegrac-e  '"  renn  I'd  ',?"'  """■"""*"' 
oul*.     "  Very  likelv  »  aunti  .1  ,  '  ™'"l>anions 

h  W  t.,e  seriois  ,ool'  w^:  '":„?' ""?  ""■""^-  •"->- 
Jiation.  Tl,c  young  o-enileme,  f  !m  i  ''■•'"*'™"^  impu- 
kbhy  abode     Tlfe^t  „    '°"'1  "'"  '^'"^'"^  '"'°  '''o 

h';w,,i.keyw,.i4::iv::^r-L:r;T"-'^'''°^ 

f '■  "pon  a  table,  wast:  ng?::;:;";.;;-.  ''■l';^ '»"- 

N  rocking  a  youno-  el,il,i        7  ""^  ""•^'^'o  "f  'I'o 

}*r  smolfng  a  ve  f  b  tl  T  ""'  '"  «''»  ol'imr.oy 

'«'Heary,b^„:Xtrtort:.rT''^^"'- 

K  >vMeh  he  had  perpetrate     .We,    ,"■"  ™""'  "'" 

""myself  for  this  st„ni,lL„r!  •._„"'  ^  "'"'  """r  for. 


Iiomnii  nri.-^ 


was 


Stupidity  of  toKlav;"  then 
sitting  upon  the  table,  he  asked  her 


whe- 


216 


W  E  M,  !     W  F.  L  L  1 


thcr  tlicy  could  not  got  a  little  whiskey.  "  Naiio,  miid 
nion."  "  Is  there  none  anywhere  round  ?"  "  Ay,  an  yc'll 
liud  it,  1  wot,  at  Jockey  Drysdale's,  seaven  miles  awa" 
Henry  was  silent  for  a  moment,  but  i)rescntly  wishiii*;'  to 
give  the  "  auld  wives  "  a  bit  of  a  fright,  he  remarked,  "  I 
sujipose,  good  woman,  that  you  have  considerable  of  nioiicv 
laid  up  here — have  you  ?"  At  this  ominous  query,  the 
smoking  woman  took  the  pipe  from  her  mouth,  the  roc  kin;' 
woman  stoi»i)ed  the  cradle,  and  the  sewing  woman  laid  down  I 
her  work,  while  all  three,  smoker,  rocker,  sewer,  simultiine- 
ousiy  and  tremblingly  answered  :  "  We  hue  na  siller  at  a', 
guid  frien,  we  be  a'  poor  ilka  ane  o'  us."  "  Would  yuii 
show  us  the  road  to  the  next  inn  ?"  asked  Ilemy,  anticii)at- 
ing  the  doctor,  who  was  just  about  asking  the  same  favor. 
Js  othing  in  the  world  could  give  the  poor  women  more  pl<  a- 
sure.  Each  one,  terrified  almost  to  death,  was  heartily  aii.x- 
ious  to  show  the  strangers,  not  so  much  the  tavern,  as  tliiir 

own  door. 

With  much  ado,  and  after  many  inquiries,  the  party  ar- 
rived late  at  night  at  the  place  where  Henry  originally  pro 
posed  that  they  should  dine.    When  morning  came  they  leftj 
orders  with  the  host  to  hunt  up  their  wagon,  and  have  itj 
sent  to  Glasgow.     They  then  took  the  stage  for  home,  and 
had  nf  course,  for  their  city  friends,  a  world  of  romaucj 
coucerning  their  pastime  in  the  mountains. 

With  all  this  spirit  of  play  which  seemed  to  be  Henry'! 
very  essence,  strange  pangs  would  nevertheless  from  time  tol 
time  bring  a  shadow  over  his  brow,  and  make  him  deem 
sad.  Such  changes  are  not  to  be  attributed  to  love,  to  scD-f 
timenialism,  or  to  any  kindred  phrensy,  but  to  an  mfluent^l 
that  was  perhaps  stronger  than  any.  When  these  m 
moods  came  on,  he  was  entirely  out  of  his  world.  His  nf 
through  life  was  essentially  sunny,  but  a  cloud  there  wa 


ing 


that 


^  r  A  I,  e 


2i7 


tint  occasionahy  <lmk<;,m  i,m  nil  ov,.,-      v.- 
iviiat  tliat  miftht  be  ?     vV„k  If  ti      ,  ""  '■""'"'  "'"■•'s 

tl.e  murder,.,-,  wl.en  after  1  ■        *'' ™"'  "'""■''  '""'*-'^  '»'■<■ 
«s  it  ru,s.,'over    i™    :  "  ;:7  "f  '-'-"y  -  i-.,ed,  „e 

'«>-  fo«n.sh  i,,  .s,,e  for    etail  ™  1        "■"  ^'""'^  '''"■"^""'  '""1 
"  'hat  at  ti,„e.s  raakeVt  ,e     T.       "''*""  '     ■»''""""  it 

"■'"■le  we  are  iafor,„e5  ,1,  .t  w  .  >  i-"  "'"  '""y-  '^'— 
'-"Will,  a  spirit  oe  .r,  ■'  '°"''"' '"  ""-  "- 
-t  tl.e  ea»e,  e,  e™,  ,e  ,  f '^  •""■■""•^'  '"'  '^  «-l'  «ere 
t"-ly  miserable.     Ill'llTl"'''''''  *°  """'^  I"" 

E-a.  ,ove,  aad  the  readXSo's  """'  '""  '" 


CHAPTER  XXXni. 

A    LONG    FAREWELL. 

Hope,  when  last  we  mentionpri  hn. 
™-d  l,eart,,  a.  .sweet  a  .so  g  a  1/   ™7  ^1  ™'°"'""  ^°^ 
I"?  bower.      Over  the  wfrbL-Ires?  h      "  '"  '"'^'"""■ 
Covered  a  deep  black  shark, I,  .?         '   ^'""^'"''  ■'"''^I'ly 

,:;:"  ,^-. »".'  w:^dto?;:?™^  'xr  tr  "'^:  ^■"' 

'^''^I't,  and  it  darkened  and  PhMi.^  J'  ^^^  'P'^'*  of 

^--■HoK.  sweet  ::r:;;;r:!:f^r™^^^^^^^^^^^ 

•'-t™a,a„dw,.a..eaus_thats,JerTt;I™::: 


218 


w  E  I,  r,  !    w  E  I.  I,  ! 


that  which  Iiit'.ly  imsc  upon  "Mary's  ear.  and  told  of  ioiii": 
days  for  Gortrnde.  The  latter  is  *;hat  which,  now  hat){rin:r 
heavily  over  Gertrude's  coueh.  makes  that  dark  eoueh 
darker,  and  warns  parents  and  friends  that  Gertrude's  sun 
is  settinj^. 

Gertrude  has  Mary  by  her  side,  and  tells  her  that  they 
will  shortly  be  sundered. 

"Last  night,  dear  Mary,"  said  the  jrale,  siek  f2:irl,  "I 
dreamed  that  I  was  walkinjij  with  you  in  a  spaeious  apart- 
ment, so  wide  and  lonjji;  tliat  I  could  not  discern  its  wall>. 
The  floor  of  it  was  filled  with  innumerable  li<^hted  eandh's, 
some  of  which  had  just  been  lighted,  more  were  flickering  in 
their  sockets, ,    \  others  were  more  or  less  burned  down.     I 
stood  wondering  at  the  scene,  and  could  not  tell  for  whsit 
j)urposc  it  was  thus  lighted  up.     I  asked  you  the  meaniiiij: 
of  it,  but  you  could  not  tell  me.     Just  then  I  thought  tliiit 
there  suddenly  stood  beside  ns  a  man,  who,  in  a  hollow  tone, 
replied  to  the  (juestion  which  I  put  to  you,  and  said  :  'Thcx' 
candles  represent  the  whole  multitude  of  the  human  race.' 
I  then  inquired,  were  you  and  I  there.     lie  said,  yes, — and 
pointing  to  a  light  which  had  not  half  burned  down,  re- 
marked, '  Here  is  this  young  woman  who  accompanies  yoii. 
Follow  me  now,  and  I  will  show  you  yourself,'  added  he,  as 
to  our  mutual  amazement  he  walked  through  the  candi' s 
without  quenching  one.     I  was  afraid  to  go  after  him,  lest 
I  might  overset  the  candlesticks,  which  stood  togetlier  as 
thick  as  the  grass  upon  the  field.     '  Come,'  said  he,  seeiii<( 
that  we  did  not  move,  '  come,  and  you  need  not  fear  of 
dohig  any  injury.'     We  then  proceeded,  and  to  our  greater 
astonishment,  found  that  we  neither  set  fire  to  ourselves  nor 
extinguished  a  shigle  light.     Far  up,  very  far  we  followed 
him,  until  at  length  we  became  afraid  of  going  any  fartlier. 
The  man 


J" 


..-.A 


A     TALE 


ind  told  of  ioiii': 
ch,  now  liaufriii:; 
(lat  dark  couch 
t  Gertrude's  sun 

8  her  that  they 

0,  sick  girl,  "  I 
t  spacious  npart- 
disccrii  its  wall>. 
lighted  candles, 
vere  flickering  in 
)nrned  down.     I 
lot  tell  lor  what 
^•ou  the  rneaniim' 
I  I  thought  thai 
in  a  hollow  tone, 
ndsaid:  'The>e 
he  human  race.' 
!  said,  yes, — and 
urned  down,  re- 
cconipanies  you. 
'If,'  added  he,  as 
igli  the  candles 
o  after  him,  lest 
ood  togetlier  as 
'  said  he,  seeing 
}ed  not  fear  of 
d  to  our  greater 
to  ourselves  nor 
far  we  followed 
nng  any  farther. 
fig  to  mc  saiu : 


210 


f:.;:/:i  5;;:;:  ;;--:■■■;'•; ■• 

'"  t'"^  enfeebled  body  "  '     ^''''  '"'^  '^P'*''^ 

companion.  "  "'*  '"'r  faitlilul 

"  I  •1111  not  s,i,l,Je„,..i|  hy  it  Man-  •  r  n,„  „  .i 
ti»  warains  whicl,  it  .ive^     iu  Vnl    u  '  "'""''^ '" 

'i>ed  a  life  long  „,„„,,,„,,,,,  ^wTlutn  ""'" 

»i"  <iie  in  a  stat.  of  grace  I  eve  f,  i  "i  ,''"  """  ' 
-1'  peace,  as  I  l.ave  m  .siLe  h  t  e  t  t  I  ;""'""' 
.e.ssio„  and  .-eeeived  the  We.ed  L  „  "  ;;:  n""'- 
""'•»  mo'-e  performed  these  aetions  I  „  e  "" 

; ■"'  "-"^S  and  r,„ie„  tilt  1 1     ee '"m::  'T  ""''t 

:i:.ri:t7nC'''7''^r''""-'''"''^ 

'  ""lit  islnghtime  tosemlfora  imV«t     ni 
««1  tliat  Julia  were  lin.nv  ,.n      i  .    ',  '■  """''' '" 

l»«»n  !    But  I  mZ  fu     ,  u  m         ''""  '""'  '"'''  '<"'^<^ 

»l.on  I  tell  heVw     t  s  ve^         "'  """"•     ^  '''"'»■■  '""' 

™opt  ourllv      I      ,r,r-  V'T'  '°  '"'"^-  "•"  ™  '^'"■"' 

'      ■'uihcivts,  1  wjii  nam  her  dronrlf'nlii- .  i    *.       t 
Jo^'e  mv  God  hntfor  +k      t  "'^aaiulh  ;  bnt  as  I  must 

».v  death-bed,  open  profes.o!,  o    n.'y  ffi    '    m"      '  "'" 
l«v.',  leave  me,  then,  if  you  ple.se    Z  '^'^   "'^ 

«>».v  be  able,  when  she  Z^luXZinZT','  '""'  ' 
--ion  and  ,„y  .ish  to  see  a  l!::'"i::l:Z  '"^■ 

,f  P=.mt  »ua  her  own  hands  for  Gertrude,  and  when  she 


220 


W  K  I,  L 


W  K  1.  I, 


drow  nig-h  the  bed,  she  told  lior  to  take  it  hcfor*"  tlio  R.  v. 
Mr.  Lovelace,  who  had  ju.st  visited  tlie  house,  woiihl  com. 
up  to  pray  over  her. 

The  weakly  girl  merely  tasted  the  cordial,  and  asked  li.r 
mother  to  sit  down  beside  her.  After  a  moment's  pain... 
Gertrude  said  :  "  My  dear  ma,  I  don't  wish  to  see  the  min- 
ister." "  Why  ?"  kindly  inquired  the  mother.  "  0  ma  ! 
I  am  goin*,'  to  tell  you  wiiat  I  slioiild  have  told  you  befon 
I  hope  that  when  you  hear  what  I  have  to  say,  you  will  iidtl 
be  anj,Ty  with  me.'-  "  My  sweet  child,  why  should  I  he 
an<,n-y  ?"  "  Mother,  dearest  mother,  I  am  no  lonj^er  a  Prot- 
estant— I  have  for  some  tune  past  been  a  Catholic,  and  I 
have  secretly  practised  the  duties  which  the  Church  en- 
joins." 

A  thunderbolt  of  agony  flashed  through  the  mother'? 
soul,  as  she  hoard  those  chilling  words.  She  could  not 
speak.  Having  somewliat  recovered  from  die  hcfuv  i^hock. 
she  exclaimed:  "0  Gertrude!  Gertrude!  Gertrude!  my 
sweet,  my  darling  child  !  are  you  going  to  bid  a  doul)!.; 
farewell  to  your  own  dear,  desolate  mother  ?"  And  that 
mother  wept  bitterly. 

"  My  mother,  my  dear,  dear  mother  !  Oh  !  do  not  kill  me 
with  those  tears.  I  am  low,  and  faint,  and  dying,  and  I  can 
speak  but  a  little.  Send  Mr.  Lovelace  away,  and  bring  nie 
him  who  will  anoint  me,  and  give  me,  for  my  meat  and, 
drink,  the  body  and  blood  of  my  Saviour." 

Mrs.  Baxter  was  still  in  tears. 

"  Weep  no  more,  my  own  sweet  mother  ;  grant  the  re 
quest  of  your  poor  loving  Gertrude,  and  send  for  Father | 
Summers.     0  yes,  send  for  him  who  has  those  gifts  whiit 
will " 

"  Gertrude,  my  beautiful  Gertrude  !"  broke  in  the  dis- 
tracted and  distressed  mother,  "what  is  this— oh  !  what  I 


A     T  A  J.  R  . 


it  hcforr  tlio  R<  v. 
loiiso,  would  conn 

ial,  and  askod  lur 
a  moment's  pause, 
isli  to  see  the  niin- 
loflier,  "  O  ma  I 
e  told  jou  before  ; 

0  say,  you  will  not 
why  should  I  lie 
no  lonji^er  a  Prot- 

a  Catholic,  and  I 

1  the  Church  en- 


n^h  the  mothor's 
.  She  could  not 
1  Uie  heruv  shock, 
;  !  C^rtrude  !  my 
to  bid  a  douhli 
her?"     And  that 


>h  !  do  not  kill  me 
[]  dyin^,  and  I  (?aii 
i^ay,  and  bring  nie  | 
for  my  meat  andj 


ir  ;  grant  the  re 
send  for  Fathpr] 
those  gifts  whicli 

troke  in  the  ih 
this — oh  !  whiit 


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^' 


IV^*^'-^?     '^'^'"  ^^'«'  «"rtn,de,  ,ny  h.nb   MI 

'""^  "'-^^^  jov-i  you  as  1.;;;,^':: '''''  ^^''^  '-i'^--^'  ^ou, 

--",  and  seein.  the  v^l   1      ''''"'  ''"^'''^'^    '"f-   ^he 
^•'"■'^^  to  whom  he  never  <..,■"':'  '"^  ^^  '"'^  ^-^''ite 

t."',  liow  she  Mt.  '     '"'  "'(^  '"f?  tear  in  his 

'■  "-^^"r  |>a,  I  am  woak-vcrj-  ,n,,k  "     ir  -  • 
("iTtrudc  ivept  for  the  ,li«...       r  '''""  ™''l  ""X 

ii^incr  ,vas  soon  n  ^  """^  ""^'  '"■  "'  "■■'^f- 

"  Go  nn  ?^         ''  ^'*"'  ^'■^'  not  so  bad  '^" 

paru!J',:j,5^»''''->-"«'"ot,-or,„.J,,,„„,,^ 

'■I'"'l  !-(iertru,le  /„"'"""''  '"'l^l'.  <"!  Werfrudc  !_,„^ 
Presently  five  or  si.I    ■    ^  T'  """^^'"''^  ''"  "'"l  '«'l't- 

.ralstn'T;  '"  "'"'  '""  "^^'^"^  ^-'.  -"1^'",  fro,„  her 
I'  ^^''0,  n,y  dear  Gertrude  ?" 
"  0  ma,  let  me  see  Jihn  f" 

Tlie  motiier  thouLWit  that  hop  ch??.-l  v 

Mcr  ciiiid  was  ravin 


go 


Je- 


ff 


i^- 


She  said 


')00 


W  E  I,  L  I      W  K  1,  1.  ! 


iKjtliiii^^  G.'rri'ijdf  sank  awny  n^rniii,  till  Iicarinjr  a  (luick 
foot  ('((miiiji-  up  stairs,  she  oxclaiiiiod,  in  great  joy  :  "This  is 
hi',  thank  (iod  !" 

Several  of  her  cousins  were  silently  and  sadly  sittii.<r 
around  the  bed,  and  just  as  they  were  each  ^-oin^r  to  speak 
a  word  to  Gertrude,  Baxter,  aeeonii)anied  by  Father  Sum- 
mers, entensd  the  mournful  apartment. 

The  priest,  in  a  t^eneral  way,  saluted  the  company,  an<l 
then  went  over  to  Gertrude,  who  immediately  caught  him 
by  both  hands,  and  kissed  them  fervently.     He  saw  that 
she  had  but  a  short  time  to  live,  and  intending  to  hear  her 
confession,  he  requested  the  conipany  to  withdraw  a  moment 
to  the  next  room.     Mrs.  Baxter  remarked  that  if  tlier.' 
were  anything  good  to  be  done  for  her  child,  she  could  not 
sec  why  the  parents  and  relatives  would  not  be  permitted  to 
witness  it.     She  was  informed  l)y  the  clergyman  that  Ih- 
wanted  to  sjieak  for  a  moment  or  so  to  Gertrude  alone,  and 
that  he  would  tlien  go  through  the  whole  service  in  presence 
of  all.     ]\[rs.  Baxter  wanted  to  sec  both  the  begimiing  and 
the  end.     The  young  ladies  expressed  themselves  to  the 
same  clfect.     Baxter  soon  decided  the  matter  liy  complyintr 
with  the  priest's  request.     Accordingly  all  went  out,  while 
Gertrude  i)roceeded  to  make  her  confession.     But  few  min- 
utes elai)sed  when  the  company  were  invited  to  come  in. 
The  remaining  rites  of  the  Church  were  then  performed  ; 
the  priest,  before  anointing,  having,  for  the  instruction  of 
the  party,  repeated  in  English  the  text  of  the  Apostle  :  "If 
there  be  any  sick  among  you,  let  him  bring  in  the  priests  of 
the  church,  and  let  them  anoint  him  with  oil  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  prayer  of  faith  will  save  the  sick  man, 
and  if  he  be  in  sins,  they  will  be  forgiven  him." 

Having  administered  the  last  sacraments,  the  priest,  jxr- 
ceiving  that  the  dying  girl  would  soon  depart,  spoke  to  the 


A     r  A  I.  E  . 


I  li''iiriii;r  11  (jtiick 
L'lit  joy  :   "This  is 

iiiid  snilly  sittii.^' 

■Ii  jroiiij:;  to  spcnk 

by  Futlior  tSuiii- 

ho  oomj)aiiy,  and 
iitcly  ('aujL''lit  liiiii 
y.     He  saw  tliat 
uliufj^  to  hoar  her 
:h(lravv  a  moniciit 
ed  that  if  there 
Id,  she  eoidd  not 
t  be  permitted  to 
■rj;ynian  tliat  hr 
:'trude  alone,  and 
?rvi('e  in  prcsenee 
le  beg'iinilng  and 
eniselves  to  tlie 
cr  by  eomplyiiiLT 

went  out,  while 
.  But  few  min- 
ted to  come  in, 
hen  })erformed  ; 
B  instruction  of 
le  Apostle  :  "If 
in  the  priests  of 

oil  in  the  name 
VG  the  sick  man, 
m." 

,  the  priest,  jxr- 
irt,  spoke  to  the 


22H 


-, ..,..:,  r:"";,r  -r  '"•  ••' "- 

J  """o'^'i   ^let    and   mor/di-iinn       ti 

-"■'.e  excc,,tio„  of  „i„,  „,.„.,  „„,  h.      j  «.:f„„t 

CO..,,.  to  come  near  her.    Tl,e  faint  sweet  gr  ut^,^Z 
™  a  tor  another  as  they  come,  a,„l  bi,i/,he„H    , 
'S^'areely  aujiblo,  she  asks  to  see  Mary  who  t2      , 

iw'.?:^t:^;r,i^td-rr""- 
'^«'  t:  rr^™  tr:et:":':r,  r  "■'•"-• 

«'^-*-'or.  the  Cathoh-c,  th    h  s      '7  IV T  '  T  '","  "" 


22^ 


w  1 1. 1, !    w  t:  I.  L  I 


Who,  l)r'liol.lin<c  Slid,  u  scene,  \V(.iil<l  not  |Mty  the  Mvmh 
who  n.ove.l  there?     To  see  an  only  child  more  houn.l  ;.i 
her  (lying-  honr.  to  a  slranpr  than  to  her  own,  is  .sonieth'iir- 
which,  in  spite  of  our  reiii.iou.s  prejadices,  n.ak.s  us  vvjm. 
with  ail  sincerity  that  the  state  of  thin-s  was  diUVrent 
Ah  I  why,  in  an  evil  iionr,  did  the  locusts  of  opinion  swariu 
from  their  gloomy  pits  and  liU  the  once  united  world  with 
dissension   and   liate  ?     Ah!  why  was   Christ  ianity-that 
fruit   of  Jesus'   blood— rent  and   torn   asunder  by  spirits 
crueller  far  than  those  who  had  not,  even  in  their  malice, 
mind  sacrile^nous  enough  to  divide  among  them  the  seamless 
garment  of  the  Saviour  ?     Ah  I  why  dm-s  not  tiie  erring? 
world  take  a  thought  of  restoring  its  vanished  peace,  and 
making  itself  as  happy  again  as  when  from  east  to  west,  and 
from  north  to  south,  it   sang,  in  a   harmony  swelled'   by 
tongues  of  every  tribe,  one  glad  and  glorious  song  ?    Spring 
up,  then,  at  last,  if  ever,  O  master  mind  !  thou  who,  des- 
tined to  unite  once  more  this  heterogeneous  mass,  shalt,'uj)oii 
some  hallowed  morn,  proclaim  to  the  four  rejoicing  winds, 
that  till  the  sun  shall  set  to  rise  no  more,  none  but  brotlieiN 
and  sisters  shal'  again  be  found  "in  castle,  manor,  garden, 
bower,  or  hall." 

In  the  dark  room  of  the  faded  Gertrude,  those  simple 
words—"  Pray  for  me"— addressed  to  none  but  Mary,  have 
suddenly  caused  between  kindred  hearts  a  wider  seoaratiun 
than  any  that  even  mountains,  or  seas,  or  death  itself  could 
bring.  Yes,  these  words  have  turned  into  ice  that  stream 
of  sorrow  which,  on  the  part  of  the  cousins,  would  otherwise 
long  and  freely  flow.  No  tears  stream  from  any,  save  froi . 
the  father,  the  mother,  the  friend. 

"Mother,  dear  mother,"  feebly  muttered  Gertrude,  "J 
go— I  go— resolve  to  go  as  I  do.  Into  thy  hands,  0  Lord  I 
I  commend  my " 


A    T  A  r,  K  . 


225 


'-  -nntennn..,^  while  t,::i;''y '"''••-- '^^^^^^^^ 

7^'-'.  to :..:;,:  ^;;:i^^^^ 

I'l"!  J'>mwl  in  the  i>rnv,...    .1  '  ^    *-     ''"i'"  while 

'■'P<T  l,er,.re  l,e„  ■    '"•"  ""■'""■"■^">'  '"'.^i..!-'  at  ,h„ 

iHothert  knee,  fl.ll  i„i„  t|,„t    '        ,  -l'""l«'n„K  „„  i(, 

«!"■"■  »h,,ll  e„li  her  '"''  "'"'"  "'"^■''  "'»  ""'"!« t 

„.^.|  ilcar  It  not  we,  but  euln,  the  j.ierving 

Jlonrnnot.Odiseonsohitenmlher-    Ti     , 
«'"i  «aste.l  (Jertnnle,  the  he  1' ,  | ' ,          7"", °^ '''^' """ 
Mk'"  fron,  Ihee,  h'ke  the  iL      r  ■■"""'  ''"'''  " "'' 

r;7^i''H'/..erJ;;,e:;::,':.-::~^ 

I'ri'le  prevent  thee        '    '    Z''  '   "'""'"^  '  "'"'  '"'  "<><  ll.y 

"a.^H„;t;;:'   /  ;:j:;:y;;''i^''.  .he,  ,,„i : 

'I'""  of  so  ,loi„.?    s,v  IT,  '"'"'"■"■'•''■  "'«  »■!■'•- 

*^•'-".,  t,,e  „^i,h,;r:'t' ;;:  rie^ 
••"-■tio„  that  .,o„: ;,';:::  ij;;'"'*''  "■  ""'e  .ith  „„ 

-  estrange  ?    She  has  go,    wi,r„   ^f    "'"*  ■?'"  "'"""■" 
She  has  gone  with  a  c™    el  1  "  "I  '  "  "'"''• 

'-■red,  with  a  spirit  r  IX,     ^TT'  ""'  "  '"'™"' 
l"".U'i"g  to  be  away     To  h er  tl  "  ''"'"'  "'■"'  » 

'■'■W't.     For  her  L  ,vor     had  fn"  ""  "°'  ^"™'"-'-'  '"" 
i-siraWe.  "''  """'"«  '"  ""'k^  longer  life 

lint  liow  went  she  whom  flmn  i  ,,]  ■  ,-  , 


226 


well!    w  e  l  l  1 


liorror  of  the  grave,  with  (le('|»est  drciid  of  the  future,  witli 
love  of  this  miserable  life,  with  agony,  and  cries,  and  tears. 
Keniember  the  cold  clammy  dews  that  iiung  upon  her  brow ; 
remember  the  startling  stare,  the  wild  unnatural  fire  that 
burned  in  her  eye  ;  remember  the  frequent  shudder  that  shook 
her  feeble  frame,  the  hopes,  the  fears,  the  endless  desire  of 
recovery,  the  want   of  resignation  even  when    the   rattle 
came;  remember,  last  of  all  and  most,  the  fearful,  appalling 
exclamation — "llow  can   I   leave  you,  how  can  I  die?" 
0  mother  !  wilt  shut  the  eye,  the  reason  from  seeing  all 
this,   and  fail  to  discover  the  hollowncss,  the  dearth,  the 
agony,  the  woe  found  in  a  religion  of  falsehood,  and  the 
joy,  the  bliss,  the  glory,  and  the  triumph  found  in  that  of 
truth '/     Thou  hast  never  seen  the  power  of  Catholicity  so 
clearly  as  thou  hast  seen  it  to-day,  nor  hast  thou,  at  the 
same  time,  so  clearly  seen  the  weakness  of  everything  else. 
Yes,  thou  knowest  all,   but,   O  proud  woman  I  thou  wilt 
defer  what  thou  shouldst  this  moment  do,  thou  wilt  move 
along  as  usual,  and  even  war  against  thy  conscience.     Thou 
wilt  be  among  those  who  love  father  and  mother,  brothers 
and  sisters,  houses  and  lands,  better  than  they  love  God. 
The  fear  of  falling  in  the  estimation  of  kindred  and  friends 
will  still  keep  thee  as  thou  art.     The  fear  of  losing  any- 
thing of  this  world's  goods  will  be  another  impediment  to 
hold  thee  back  from  thy  primary  duty.     No  sooner  wilt 
thou  have  seen  the  cold  clay  heaped  upon  thy  child,  than 
thou  wilt  listen  to  bad  counsellors,  and  sigh  that  thou  hadst 
not  courage  enough  to  shut  the  door  against  the  Komish 
j)riest  whose  administrations  were  all  thy  Gertrude's  jov. 
And  through  the  same  worldly  motives,  and  the  same  worldly 
shame,   thou  wilt  be  guilty  of  more  wicked  things  than 
these.     But  go   on.     We  are  not  looking  uj)on  thee  as 
ft  phenomenon.     There  are  plenty  of  thy  sort,  and  plenty 


A     T  .A  I.  i:  . 


22; 


v'^/tl.ero  be.     Yet  is  tl.eir,  U.e  saddest  rf     11 

;;'■-'"  our  .„,,.4.„i:;^^^^  ;-;/"-'-...     We 

"'""^Imt  tbdrojc.  to  (l,e  1,„,,    ™       ,,    "^  ';">'■  «»™ 
«'rs  to  its  wonis     On,.p  fht,       ,  '  "'"'  ''■'"'*  H'"'- 

(."mortality  '"  ™' '"  ""■'«  "»  '!'«  Chiistia,,'. 

bro^.  '  ^"^  "  '"  '"•■'•  ''^■"rt  as  well  as  upon  l.or 

Wlio  wiJI  take  it  awaj  f 


CHAPTER  XXXIT. 

A   COLD   ClSTOMEn. 

Ves;  .0,  of  course  L  li^  "  ''"'"'"'  ">  ""'  /"""'v. 

•''-^ortijiiiri^tirririr^""*- 


228 


WELL  !     W  E  h  L  ! 


matter.  It  was  only  the  raoul<lerin^.  ho.lj  of  (iwtnuh  tiiat 
the  bigots  possessed.  Let  them  rejoice  over  tliat  food  of 
the  worrn. 

Only  a  week  had  ekpsed  wlien  Mary  was  informed  that 

her  sei-viees  were  no  longer  required.     Who  would  ima.nne 

that  the  spirit  of  fanatical  rago,  cooled  for  a  while  by  house 

hold  affliction,  would  grow  warn,  over  the  eold  ashes  of  the 

^lead  !     Yet  so  it  did.     With  cutting  tone  was  this  infor- 

n.at.on  given  her,  as   Mrs.  Baxter  said  :   "  You  insidious 

••reature  !  you  have  turned  my  child  from  my  affections,  vou 

have  degraded  me  in  the  eyes  of  my  people,  and   you  Inuo 

brought  upon   my  fauiily  a  stain  that  will  never  be  rubbed 

out.     Go,  then,   from  my  house,   you   wretched  girl  '  a-uj 

here  take  back,  and  carry  with  you  this  detestable  unsc^nt 

tins  cmnung  spell  by  which  you  blinded  and  victimized  n,; 
ousprmg."  ■^ 

With  these  words  the  unfortunate  woman  threw  to  poor 
Mary  tbe  chain  of  which  Gertrude  thought  so  much 

it  iMrs.   Baxter  were  not,  as  she  was,  a  being  of  the 

proudest  and  most  worldly  spirit,  it  is  probable  that  she 

would,  for  the  fondness  which,  she  knew,  Gertrude  had  for 

iVlary,   retaiii  the  friend  of   her  beloved  daughter      B.,t 

proud  and  worldly  to  the  fullest  extent,  and  consequently 

too  wilhng  to  conform  to  the  notions  of  her  Papist-hatin' 

relatives,  she  trampled  under  foot  the  hifluence  which  should 

naturally  incline  her  to  adoi>t  such  a  course.     On  account 

of  these  destructive  springs  of  her  action-pride  and  the 

world-her  people,  who  were  all  wealthier  than  herself  had 

more   power  over  her  than  either  reason  or  revelation.'than 

either  prophets  or  philosophers.     Had  those  j.eonle  been 

poor  or  even  poorer  than  hers^>lf.  she  would  probably  have 

paid  little  attention  to  their  counsel.     ]3ut  we  need  n^t  won- 

der  at  this  lady.     While  pride  and  the  world  will,  at  times 


'  ofGcrtnidc  liiat 
over  tliut  looil  of 

as  iijformed  that 
10  would  iniafriiie 

a  wliile  by  house 
cold  iishos  of  the 
ue  Mas  tills  iuf'or- 

"  You  i/Ksidiuus 
ly  affections,  you 
i,  and  you  have 
never  be  rubbed 
tched  <,n"rl  !  and 
testal)le  present, 
d  vietiiuized  my 

1  threw  to  poor 
so  much, 
a  beiu":  of  the 
)bable  that  she 
ertrude  had  for 
laughter.      But 
id  consequently 
f  Papist-liatiim- 
L'ewliieh  should 
On  account 
■pride   and  the 
an  herself,  had 
'evelation,  than 
:e  ])Oople   been 
probably  hav« 
!  need  not  won- 
will,  at  times, 


A     TALK, 


229 


he  able,  as  too  freouentlv  fl.n,, 

than  one.  ""^'^  -"'>*.  iiuAter^j 

--:r::;tn':::;;r-^^':r '-""-" - 

"■""'«  of  sorrows  tia"    t         '^  Z  "  ''"'•  "'  ""■  "'"'■ 
--'  for  l,is  foot  no   Hv  1        ""'""-'  """  "''"  ""»  "<"•»'• 

'■■■"'■■a,  but  ]„,„,  ,i,,,  ,„„  „„,  „,,,  ^°  "-"^  •     -r  W,„,l,„| 
"«  aiLswer  was  received     Willi,,.  '' '"  "'""'' 

»ae  else,  .she  wo„M  fro,  if  it  w  .^■;  i'''    -r"""  "'""  ♦"  ""•" 

!'"f  »."o  -V.  ti„.t„,h  ir ,:  ,™:„::  i;::""  "-•'•i'- 

for  her  in  the  skies  '     \v;ii   i       .  '^"nenraiit>,  was  pravin<? 

"""«  trials,  ay  l,aek  like  another  do      to        'V"      """'""■ 
'■at  for  one  tl,i„cr  „.•„  n,„  i,  '   "  """  ''O'"'-  "I"''!', 

I-  there  Is  a  f,w„  j  1, 1':";;;:'  ;'"-'  ""■  '-t  V     j^ 
'a  tlm  world's  he.,rt  an  ''™"' ""''  «  '■ol'ln.s.s 

™-.a™i,i,,.,r,;i:tor:r:i,-:r'*''*'^-'' 

"""T  eo„M  have  dre„ne,l  I    ,'    \  '"  ""'''''■  ¥'"'■ 

rioaee  told  her  the  tr  ,h     T        "     T"""'"'  '""^  ''m- 

'"'"'0  by  a  pen, le  f    I  „        r:"*^  """■''  '"omneh  to  ,e 

^  "  h'i'ue,  iiaiJ  one  hke  her      \v;ii  oi      .■ 
t^'^^ra.  or  return  to  h.r  ..„,.....„  .  ^^  '"  ^^'^'  then,  face 


Hum  to  her  pai-ents,  lier  br 


othe 


ifi 


230 


w  R  I,  L  !    w  K  r.  I, ! 


"  r  will  p:o,"  said  the  woll-triod  •rirl  to  horsolf,  "  I  will 
first  <ro  to  him  who,  after  my  Maker,  is  iny  sweetest  consoler, 
I  will  go  and  ask  him  what  I  shall  do." 

As  she  went,  the  scattered  leaves  flew  with  her,  like  her 
own  unsteadfast  feet  ;  and  the  howling  blast  moaned 
round  her,  like  her  own  disconsolate  soid.  Having  arrived 
at  the  house  of  her  spiritual  director,  she  was  strongly 
advised  l)y  him  to  go  back  to  her  people.  "  This  is  no  coun- 
try, my  dear  child  1  for  one  like  you,"  said  he.  "  To  n  main 
here  in  any  employment  but  that  of  hard  work,  which  you 
cannot  do,  you  should  almost  become  an  apostate.  As, 
then,  you  love  your  religion,  and  would  sooner  die  than  lose 
it,  go  home— go  to  your  family,  and  for  the  love  of  your 
Lord,  bear  with  your  sufferings." 

"  Dear  father  !"  said  she,  "  I  know  not  whether  my 
parents  are  alive  or  not.  Since  I  left,  I  have  never  heard 
from  them.  Would  it  not  be  better  to  write  home,  and 
ascertain  the  truth?  Were  I,  without  knowing  this,  to 
cross  the  Atlantic,  I  might  be  as  ba^Uy  off"  as  ever." 

"  Perhaps,"  replied  the  priest,  "  to  write  a  letter  would 
be  better.  Write,  then,  and  tell  your  mother  to  direct  in 
care  of  me.  When  I  receive  an  answer,  I  will  let  you  know. 
In  the  mean  time,  whije  you  are  waiting  for  a  reply,  trv 
to  get  into  some  kind  of  easy  situation,  and  if  you  cannot 
find  such  a  place,  come,  and  I  will  see  what  may  be 
done." 

She  thanked  the  clergyman,  and  then  withdrew.  She 
went  immediately  to  a  boarding-house,  where  she  intended 
to  remain  until  she  could  procure  some  employment,  and 
there  she  dictated  to  her  mother  the  following  epistle  : 

"  My  dear  Mother  :— From  the  far  off'  west  I  sit  down, 
with  heavy  heart  and  trembling  hand,  to  write  you  these  few 
lines,  hoping,  I  need  not  say,  that  you  and  all  are  well. 


A     TALE. 


231 


tl    vou^'  T'     ""'"  ''^^^  '  "^^•^^'  ^"  ^"  ^^"^t  tin  ; 
^rott   you  a  sinirlo  letter?      Fovmc  mo    m^  ^ 

u'b'vl  mp.     w  ere  tlie  cireumstances  under  uhir-h 

™at<-l,ed  fro,„  „,y.,oul  the  solace  which  liZJ-!     7 

m  the  last  four  dis.nal  years  have  tria      it  I     ^     *'  """" 
-.  and  Often  a„,„4,,i:;;;:;:^*--e,.^^ 

.  to  eo„t„,„e  in  this  Protestant  country,     Likt   mL 
Mag.lale„e  at  the  rocky  monnment,  I  am' n  so"  ,^ 

"'■"  """^  f™"  .ne-wm-ther,  I  say,  shall  I  fly  ,        171 
"If  you  can  foririve.  thon,~if  von  rnn  f-rr--    m        i 


^ 


232 


well!    w  p:  l  l  ! 


forget  all,  all  my  iii<,rratitiiao~writc— write  quickly—t.U 
me  to  come  home,  and  console  with  one,  one  won!  of  a 
mother's  pardon  and  love,  your  faded  and  forsaken  child. 

"Mahy  Thkrksa." 
Next  moniiuj,^  the  afflicted  girl  went  to  seek  a  situation  at 
a  certain  house  to  which  she  had  been  directed  by  a  notice 
which  she  found  in  a  newspaper.  Fortunately  the  usiiiil 
cjudition— "  none  but  a  Protestant"— was  not  "  a  sine  qua 
non"  of  success.     The  advertisement  ran  thus  :  "Wanted  at 

■  a  first-rate  sewer,  who  will  find  steady  employment  for 

the  winter." 

The  first  to  apply,  she  got  the  place. 
A  little  fairy-faced  creature,  from  Scotland,  whose  name 
should  have  been  Mrs.  Skinflint,  but  it  was  not,  was  now 
our  wanderer's  mistress.  She  rejoiced  in  the  sweeping  cog- 
nomen of  Marjoriebanks— rather  a  long  name  for  rather  a 
short  woman.  This  dinn'nutive  dame  was  short  in  every 
way.  She  was  short  in  stature,  she  was  short  in  forehead, 
she  was  short  in  comeliness,  she  was  short  in  kindness,  she 
was  short  in  temper,  she  was  in  fact  short  in  all  things— no, 
by  the  by,  she  was  not  short  in  tongue  by  any  means.  She 
was  a  maker  of  all  kinds  of  under  and  inner  garments.  Siie 
kept  a  very  large  establishment. 

Mrs.  or  Miss  Marjoriebanks  (we  can't  say  which  prc>- 
cisely)  was  an  extensive  seamstress,  and  employed  as  nnmy 
as  forty  hands,  which,  being  interj)reted,  mean  eighty  hands, 
and  forty  heads.  Though  short  in  every  way  except  that 
alluded  to,  she  had  nevertheless  a  great  liking  for  loiiir 
stitches.  Indeed  there  was  nothing  that  she  gloried  in  so 
nmch,  and  in  this  she  the  short  was  very  consistent.  She 
was  all  short.  She  liked  short  work,  and  as  nothing  makes 
shorter  work  of  sewing  than  long  stitches,  she  was  parlicu- 
larly  partial  to  them.      Her  name  in   truth  oujfht  to  be 


A    TALE, 


233 


Skinflint.     She  wn«  an  ..«,  r  •      ,    „ 

«'■'••  "■«»  also  ,ui,„„J,v  „  ,1"'",  : ,  "'"  '"''"  '"■  "'^'  '"-'«• 

•■'*  from  tl,u  cdlar  ,0  t  ,.  .^ ,   If    •"'''■;"'  ""^"'''« 

"""  »l..'  luul  also  ,„a^;        ;  f  [^  "■;  ^"■"';^'.vs„s,„.,...l 
•"'•e  sl.e  might,  „„„a  .„,„e  ,    4  1  "  ,  ""■""^'''  ,"■'>•  ■"'■^'"■■• 

.v<"".g,  l.ut  tl,e  fairies  took  iiu   .t-        T,'":    "'"■"  ''"  ""'^ 
l'l»ce.    1,  tl,is  conic-turc  „!,„     '      • '  "'"'  '"'  """"'"  "'  '"» 

'KT  lain..-,  it  n,u,st  1 0  f  r  ';:,?■  '■'•""•!-;"  '■<"•'""■"• 

^'»tion,  for  ,l,«.e  .as  not  1 1,  .asi   it   ,"  "';'■,"'  ^"' ""- 
-i.i  oo,„a,a,a,  lillr  J  :r 'I  Z:?  /'T'  ^"^ 

ncr  i,frion  l.j-  „  suffioenry  of  that  cl«n,.„t. 

hands.     The  n.„soa  ,s  obvious.     Two  .nonths  were  as 


If 


234 


W  K  L  L  1     W  K  L  I.  ! 


long  lis  Job  IjimselC,  witli  all  his  paliciici',  could  riiii:iiii  in 
fcueli  a  place.  Her  table  was  like  hersclt'— so  were  her 
beds,  or  rather  blankets— all  short.  The  table  was  short  in 
Imtter,  short  in  milk,  short  in  meat,  short  in  this,  that, 
everything.  It  was,  however,  very  long  in  eggs.  These 
were  always  so  hard,  or,  if  you  like,  hardy,  that  few  but 
ostriches  could  use  them.  Mrs.  or  Miss  Marjor;el)anks, 
knowing  probably  how  to  feed  canaries,  perhaps  intended 
those  bullets  in  the  shape  of  eggs  for  such  of  her  young 
ladies  as,  having  a  taste  for  nmsic,  were  in  the  habit  of  chir- 
ru[)i)ing.  But  it  is  hard  to  say.  Her  beds  were  very  short 
of  blankets,  and  so  on.  So  much  for  small  talk  on  short 
things. 

Mary  was  now  living  upon  Marjoriebanks.  Sweet  as 
such  a  place  should  be,  her  lot  was  as  bitter  as  eve;.  Tiie 
girls  who  formed  her  associates  were  partly  Provin(,'ials,  and 
])artly  Xew  Englanders.  Around  her  were  Miss  Fidget, 
Miss  Flirt,  Miss  Fashion,  Miss  Fulsome,  Miss  Faithless, 
with  others,  "qitas  enumerare  longum  est."  Before  the 
time  that  the  sixteenth  century  threw  its  light  uj)on  man- 
kind, you  would  not  find  the  like  of  the  aforesaid  individuals 
in  any  part  of  Christendom.  In  the  time  of  Horace  and 
Catullus,  when  all  minds  were  polluted,  this  class  of  people 
was  very  numerous.  They  are  now  in  greater  abundance 
than  they  were  in  the  most  pagan  of  past  epochs.  If  Mary, 
night  or  morning,  would  kneel  in  their  presence,  some  one 
of  the  young  misses  would  invariably  arouse  her  by  means 
of  an  old  shoe  or  stocking  pelted  at  her  head.  In  conse- 
quence of  this  usual  practice  of  saying  her  prayers— which 
soon  became  a  useless  attempt — she  got  the  appellation  of 
Saint  Mary.  They  hated  her  for  her  goodness,  and  when 
they  discovered  that  she  wa  a  Catholic,  they  ridiculed  her 
hi  idi  manner  of  wavs. 


A    TALE. 


L'Jo 


"  ^''"  "">'''"g  myseif  a  dross  wlijVI,  r  :„.     , 
'"•"i"ff,»  replied  (he  operator  "^  "'"'""^f  ">« 

;;  Are  you  not  afraid  to  work  o„  Sunday  ?" 
,^,^^A|;-<iofw,.at.    Saint  Mar,,  .,ebLr  day  tKetet- 

«"ch  was  the  doctrine  of  the  elianningLudnda 

tanot  all  slobber'ed  over  wi, T     ,         '  ""''  <"''"""^  '"'■ 
"■»t  "Me  was  not  so  w  „"  n     1  '"^''■',""-"    «'-  »'"'"' 

'0  .-,,,0  one's  :rf'l,     ::::,;;r"";"-7  <i'"-'e  ™ou,„ 
««>t  there  but  seldom  an  I  „    .  '  '""''•  '''"  »"''!. 

'-re  purpose  of   eei  '  "'  "  'l''  """  "•^■"  «-.  lor  the 
™..»Iorec  tlmt  it  wrfl^rr    '*"'''"'''  ''"  ''«'™'.  «l.o 

»-k,  fooling  away    e.    ;"':"""'"""»"■"«•-*  "f- 
«„n,en.  ^     '   '""'  "'"'  "  I'-r.el  of  old  men  and 

e.Xx,a'ti:„:r ::  --^  *'"™^.  vir^ima, 

'■"■lia-rubber  eonscionee  1  ,    '""^  °"'"  '"™l"''-  of 

Mrs  or  mZT         "'™""'J"«  "">  •'ki"fli..t  board  ' 

'-  -ail  s  f r '  i:'^  ':r^  t"""  ^-^^  "■»-"- 

'"■0  yea,^  she  h  d  no^  "*  ""^  ''™''''  '"  ^"^  """  " '"r 

(^'le  rijade  this  admission,  however, 


236 


well!    vv  e  l  I. ! 


not  so  much    for   the   purpose  of  kecplni,'  licr  uirls  fn.tn 
church,  as  keeping  them  from  that  exercisi;  whicli  would 
create  hi  them  an  atjpetife  of  whicli  the  stiim-v  ladv  wiis 
ever  afraid.     Yet  unchristian  as  slie  was,  lieathen  hh  sin; 
was,  'tis  a  singular  fact  that  she  was  ns  hostile  to  ^[ary'a 
religion,  as  were  even  Mrs.  M'Dougald  or  Mrs.  Ba.xter. 
She  always  gave  the  desolate  girl  a  hard  timi;  of  it  u])on 
Fridiiys  and  Saturdays,  and  other  days  of  abstinence.     Slu; 
always  jeered  her  for  her  "saintship,"  upon  Snndnys.     She 
talked  very  largely  about  i)riestcraft.     She  couhr  not  set- 
what  took  Mary  from  the  house  every  second  Saturday 
evening,  unless  it  was  for  the  purpose  of  getting  an  appetite 
for  supper.     "  Forbidding  to  marry,  and  doctrines  of  devils," 
was  a  theme  upon  which  she  descanted  with  unfailing  elo- 
quence.    She  hated    the  Mother  of  God,  and  snaj)pislily 
called  her  the  Virgin  Mary.     She  scarcely  could  be  said  to 
know  the  meaning  of  the  word.     She  knew  it  merely  by 
sound,  not  by  sense.     She  was  far  from  dreann'ng  of  its  hav- 
ing any  perfection.     She  could  not  see  why  people  would  not 
confess  their  sins  to  (lod,  and  not  to  man.     (Did  she  ever 
confess  to  either  ?)     She  hud  an  extraordinary  respect  fur 
Martin  Luther,  and  probably,  for  the  same  reason,  sympa- 
thized deeply  with  Milton's  devils  in  their  efforts  for  a  "lo 
rious  Reformation.     She  blew  up  convents  sky-high.     She 
said  that  the  Po[)e  was  Antichrist,  and  she  "knew"  it,  and 
believed  it  firmly.    She  had  a  cordial  hatred  for  the  Irish,  for 
the  simple  reason  that  they  were  "  poor  and  vulgar."     She, 
&c.,  &c.,  &e.     On  all  these  tojacs  she  "held  forth"  upon 
Sundays,  and  late  after  dark  upon  ordinary  evenings,     Dur- 
ing sewing  hours,  the  oracle  was  nmte,  almost  breathless. 
To  see  her  t/ien,  no  one  could  believe  that  "one  small  head 
could  carry  all  s/ie  knew."    She  was,  on  the  whole,  a  spitfire, 
as  well  as  a  skinflint. 


■*     I  A  L  K 


287 


^■f::tif:;^— r:::--••"-r 
"'-  cw,  .n,d  one  rci  l.c-ri,,:         ""  "^  '""'  ■^''"'  "^  ''"-I, 
«  li.'thcr  lliis  „anii.|«s  »-i,r|,t  was  ••  rl,..  i 

'""  Known.     «      „   t  ,h        r  ', '""  '""'  '""'  •"'-"<».  '■^ 

<■■■  -M-s  Marj«rid.„nks?  oonfo,,,,,!        I,.     T      ,"  "  *'"^- 
■'"'•I'  '"-"H.V,  is  no  wonder  „t         7       n  "'  ""?'«'  '» 

And  now  wl.cn  we  wkl,  Z      ,  '"'"  "f-''"  ' 

»f  the  ,,ewi„K  „o  ,  "  w  n    !! T'  '  '".^'^'f^^'^  "-  head 
■"-h  ...  the  dark  a.  ever.     So  lot  it  be  ^'  '^  "°  "^ 

Mar  'c:,sr'T:o:::-:;;  :i  it™"^  ^-^  '"^ '-'  -^  poor 

"•■".....1  her,  wa.,  sl.oclci,;  E  em  ^  'r"'"''*'^  "«"'  "" 
»•"■'  banished  from  that  nbodtw  Turn  T"'  '""'' 
to  have  the  conversation  „f  .,'      J  '''"  "'"=  "ow  give 

!■-  .she  often  s^lTZlu^  if  T"""";"  ''""""  ^    *^or 

nrM.     In  hor  she  had  »  ,        '     i   '  '"'"''•  "'"'  """hi  not 
^"  "n  sne  Had  a  treasure    aid  hv     n..,     • 

OV.T  were  Mary's  days.  Will  that  le  tret  com  TT  ""'" 
nothing  better  than  mere  Gentiles  she  ived  T  ""* 
l.v  an  oasis  in  the  desert     n,-  „, ,  ^''  "'"'  ""^'^ 

|K>etsaTs,  0.  more  proprly  she  was,  as  the 


«l 


288 


W  KLL 


I.  I. 


•'  Like  It  Klovy-wnrm  Kolden, 
In  a  <l(tll  f)fMfw, 
SoatferiiiK  iinhch'>l(ien 
ItP  fifrial  In.f, 
'Mid  rnnk  wild  wocds  lli:.i  hid  it  from  the  \io7r." 

Oil,  well  nn<rl,t  f^he  In  her  solitude  exelaim,  when  slie 
tliotifrlit,  as  she  ever  did,  upon  iho  fondness  of  her  hist  warm 
friend,  fair  Gertnide  : 

"  wir'lcr  tur  fhnn  Summor''t  fli^fit, 
.->  winrr  far  tliari  YoniirN  dtlij^iit, 
HwiltJT  far  than  liapf)/  nij,'ht, 

Art  ihoii  cuino  and  g<mc. 
An  llic  troc's  whi-ii  Ipuvcm  nrc'  AcmI, 
As  the  H.nxl  whpii  joys  nro  pped, 
Ah  the  heart  wiien  liopc  is  dead, 
I  am  left  uloue— alono  !" 


CHATTER    XXXV. 


HEN'RY    AND    EMMA. 

Perhaps  the  reader  would  like  to  know  a  little  more 
about  ]Ienry  and  Emma.  He  shall  have  in  this  ehapter 
something  of  each. 

Henry  is  in  the  dissecting  room— the  terrihlest  place  in 
the  worid— most  terrible  tg  all  save  those  who  are  in  it ; 
and  he  is  there  from  morning  till  nearly  night. 

And  what  kind  of  ])laee  is  this  most  appalling  of  rooms  ? 
Tis  a  long  apartment  full  of  tables,  like  a  dining  saloon. 
How  can  they  dine  in  a  saloon  after  coming  from  such  a 
place  ?  It  has  no  windows  either  at  the  ends  or  at  tlic 
sides.     They,  who  got  it  made,  would  not  let  the  world'.^ 


A     T  .A  I,  E  . 


23«> 


ho  '.ic:y." 

vclnim,  when  sli* 
3  of  her  lust  warm 


w  a  little  more 
in  this  ehajifcr 

rriblest  place  in 
who  are  in  it ; 
it. 

llinn^  of  rooms  ? 
I  tlining  saloon. 
ng  from  such  a 
ends  or  at  tlic 
let  the  worI(i\^ 


^w  :;ir  ;;;r:;;;  "r;:r^ '' ^"' '^-*- - 

»■""'"»■»  I'lacMl  in  ,|,e  roof  "''"'""  "  ''  '«'""'  ''^ 

-li..u,,-  Cross,  „  10,.,^";":.  "7;  •■-■-.  ""-^i""  .h,.i,- 
""•I  niaterial.    Tlu-v  look-  .1,.     .r  ^'"''  '«""'  ''"'or 

»■■■''• '■^^•*"n.^";;^::;;Vir::;'j„:;:t^^^^^^     

•^WiKod  in  k„-i„.  ,|,e  1,0:    „;'  ■"  "  '"•  "*  •'"■»  '""■"."(. 
"-  and  dear  io  „'  Y^y      "'""  "''"  ""'•^  °"™ 

"  I-  were  gntti„«  tl,e  e„ ,o;„!:'„  '^'n       i!;  "  'T"-^'  ^ 

["■'■'■hanee  yon  will  s.,y-,K,.l,„,«  "     '  ,  '"'J' "^ .™'"-''. 

t""!™!  of  as  fond  l,e .rt  a  d  ?         T  '""""  "'"^  "''o  l'°» 

"n?,  and  in  a  spirit  of  «„„«  ''•"  "'"'■''  '"' ''«  >■"'■ 

J-.  It  i.  ntt  ,•„,:,: " ::"i;;:r"T'  ""•-•  ««- 

'»  tins  dismal  roon   i.,  n.erter  «;      K      "    '   ''"'  ""•'■  »"« 

;Jei»in  .,,0  ordinal do^;::rtttT^"- 
^  !"■'  seorie.,  and  c-ackin.-  hi,  iok „  „5       'T'"^^  ''■"''"« 

retail  the  while  prose;nt   „'    J  J.;  ,l"f  r  '"  ' ''-'"■^' 

=    "•  ■^''«»8^'  studies  without  a 


h 


2-10 


W  K  I.  l.  !     VV  K  I,  I,  I 


tli'ju^hl  that  lie  himself  may  one  day  be  a  suliject  for  soim.' 
of  his  own  successors. 

liook  around  the  room,  and  see  if  you  can  find  Hk  iv 
father  or  mother,  brother  or  sister,  wife  or  chihl,  relative  or 
friend.     On  yonder  table  there  is  lyinp:,  as  naked  as  it  \\u< 
when  it  came  into  this  miserable  world,  the  body  of  a  yoniiL' 
man,  who,  it  would  aj)|)ear,  never  saw  more  than  twentv 
sumjners.     The  hair  is  as  dark  as  a  raven's  win^^  and  tlidv 
is  a  mark  upon  the  arm.     On  the  table  beside  that,  theiv 
is,  in  the  sann;  state,  the  form  of  one  who  certainly  was,  jiot 
many  moons  ajro,  a  beautiful  woman.     The  hair  is  dark,  inv, 
dark  and  abundant.     On  another  table,  there  is  the   b<Miv 
of  an  old  man  with  very  silvery  locks  ;  on  another,  that  of 
an  old  woman  about  the  same  ajre.    On  a  table  away  at  tlip 
end  of  this  fri-^ditful  room,  there  is  the  body  of  a  huf?e  nejiio 
female,  around  which  three  or  four  fellows  are  standing-,  not 
gravely,  but  laughiufr  with  aH  their  mij,'ht,  and  callinjr  to 
their   companions  to   come  see   a   sight  worth  beholding' 
"  Old  Dinah,"  cries  the  discoverer,  "  was  a  wealthy  old 
wench,  who  lived  some  time  ago  in  the  old  Carolina  State." 
With  this,  he  kolds  up,  in  nis  fingers,  a  set  of  false  teelb 
which  he  has  just  unloosed  from  her  upper  jaw,  then  puts 
it  into  his  pocket  with  a  wink  and  a  shake  of  the  head,  u> 
much  as  to  say — "  This  can  easily  be  made  to  fit  a  motitli 
more  dainty  than  my  old  friend  Dinah's." 

After  this  discovery  there  is  suddenly  made  another, 
simultaneous  with  which  there  arises  from  end  to  end  of  the 
apartment,  a  boisterous  shout  of  mingled  joy  and  ejacula- 
tion. The  company  have  just  fallen  u[)on  the  corpse  of  an 
old  acquaintance,  who  in  fife  made  himself  very  conspicuoib 
by  the  wearing  of  a  w  hite  cravat,  a  brnad-bnramed  Imt, 
and  a  •  aker-cut  garb.  Of  all  men  dead  or  buried,  'tis  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Bhvdderjans,  who  wasicd,  over  the  midnight  lamp, 


a  siiliject  for  som.' 


^    T  A  I.  E  . 


241 


^41 

"-.ne  are],  earvor  eric.   "    vcw  T,'""''''"^""«  •'"  ""'-^ 

;'-  "■«'«  rough  i.™.,;n/l : ' '  ;/,!:::";'''\™"''''""'  "^ 

'"■TO-     But  no  ,„alUT      It  urn  i        ,  "'  '"'"'"I  «ill' 

AiioditT,  will,  tlioualiiful  lock  v.,  ■ 
l"-™'li>'i-,  ^claims  :  "i-holr!    ,■  "   '^  '"'"  "'<>  ''™d 
J'"-  !     Tl,o  Lord  fur,.i  "  „r  „  ",T""  '""'  '""  '"-"'''"■■ 

•l'^  i«"0lK.ll,, here  1,1,  "r^""    '"'^   "'''"•".V-     Jf 

y"'>  <-""M.  .v,„,  .r,  h Z  t uT     7-  "'■'''"  ^■"•'  "'•'■  """•■ 
certainly  yet  tast.  hell"  ^  "''  '"'"•^  "'•".™"  "oul.i 

And  thus,  each  after  his  o«n  f    i  ■ 
"■"l*e  over  the  hero  of  Univ,  ■    r       ''  "'"''''  '"^  "''«* 
8m„king  poes  on,  and  (l,e  i„kin„    '     ""'      '^'"""»l">,  Hie 
*-">.■«  on,  a,„l  the  cutt  „!„  '      *  ^?  ""'  "'"^  ""'  '"".■-'W-iR 

Come  away,  dear  rt^m]  ^      •     , 

i«  llHTe-eome  awav  L   i,         "'^  *'""'•'»"  "'"'^  ''« 
'"«''  of  l,odie,,,  that  e  uellL  '  T"*  '"  ""''  «  '"-^^ 

«'■*  the  "Faclty"  in  o  !       ?"  "^  ""'  "''"  ««'  ""o" 

>"'--.^n,ydeaJkil:~„'"r''''^"'™"-^''' 
•>™,  when  "the  iron  tonJLf  -^  u  '"■  »'"'  ''"  ''"*• 
<^"o»  ploonn-ly  aIo„7to    r  "^""*"«f'"  '""!'  '"W  t»-H.e," 


M 


i^gan,  the  mpHif.oj  o*,,j 


^'le  Arelinnpcl.     ^ 


'ori'f  mir.ft 


-  i    .  ■■  •  iiiii.ii 

"  •  ''"^^  ^^"^^  «vvay,  and  meet 


U 


242 


■VV  K  I.  L  !     WE  I.  L  ! 


not  tliis  dread  man,  wlioso  heart  is,  long  aj.^o,  lunied  t(i 
stone,  whoso  eyes,  sunk  away  down  into  his  head,  never 
wink,  whoso  hand  is  as  cold  as  his  heart,  whoso  face  has 
nnu'der  in  it,  wha'^o  sonl  is  not  a  si>irit  but  a  vamjiiro,  whoso 
(iod  is  tho  god  of  this  dark  world,  Mammon,  and  whose  pick- 
axe may  one  day  break  our  bones.  Come  away  again  to 
the  bright  light  and  fresh  airs  of  heaven — come  away  to 
your  hai)py,  innocent  home  ;  take  up  some  gentle  book,  for- 
get the  scene  which  you  have  just  witnessed,  {)ray  that  the 
disturber  of  the  dead  may  never  light  nj)on  your  own  dead 
frame,  and  hear  now  a  word  about  Dr.  M'Dougald's  beauti- 
ful ilanghter. 

Kmma  was  at  home,  as  "  busy  as  a  bee."  What  was  she 
doing  ?  Preparing  for  a  grand  dinner  party,  which  her  own 
fair  self  had  planned  and  concocted. 

The  company  was  to  be  a  motley  one.  No  persons  ever 
rejoiced  in  more  npi)r')priate  names.  People  too  often  have 
names  which  sound  the  very  opposite  of  their  nature.  Name 
and  nature  should,  we  think,  accord.  Kichard  Large,  for 
Instance,  was  the  name  (so  we  have  learned  from  a  friend) 
of  a  being  not  tall  enough  to  make  a  walking-stick  for  an 
ordinary  biped.  Jolin  Small  was  (as  has  been  learned  from 
a  similar  source)  a  gentleman  who,  without  his  shoes,  stood 
full  six  feet  four  inches  high.  William  IToney  has  been 
known  to  the  writer  as  the  most  waspish  individual  in  his 
neighborhood.  Laurence  Sterne,  the  celebrated  author  of 
Tristram  Shandy,  was,  as  all  the  world  knows,  so  very  mild  tx 
creature  that  he  has  won  for  himself  the  name  of  "  the  gen- 
tle."    Now  this  is  preposterous. 

jVs  for  the  company  which  will  compose  the  doctor's 
j)arty,  or  rather  his  daughttVs,  the  name  is  the  nature,  and 
the  nature  is  the  name.  At  len  *  so  it  was  in  a  great  mens- 
are.     There  were  to  come  a  Mr.  John  Bull  Brandv.  a  Mr 


A     TALE. 


2^3 


"■^  to  say  timt  he  ,vas  exceodmo-ly  f '  ,  ?,r         ?         ■■"-' '" 
beef.     Mr  Cnilv  w,.  „    ,  ?^  ,  "^  '"""'"'J'  "'"'  ■■»"»» 

-I.T  took :';!,:  „  ::i  ;•"■;;""■ "  ?"'™  "'""•" 

f-".e.i  .ike  a  glo.  over7,i:;"'',f*,:f  •'>-*--"■'; 
l»fore  him  a  most  rnnri^,,.  ,  -"'^- *""'"1w"itic<I 

pair  of  silver  sn  e, tl .' '      ?      '.T'""''''  ""'"  "'  ""  "'""^  » 

I"-  -poke  in  InVl,  n  ""  ^K»"'">iNon,  ai„l 

Mr.    la  „;«:?■  r'""'-^'  "'"    "»f"">-  I>™».^ivo  ,„„e.,. 

;«  .li.««eet  a  certain  fo,vl  at  o  r  I  ,-U "    "  H       """' "''"'' 
•-.   -^-^  -  u.ut  or  m«  name.     Tlit«e  were  to  bo  the 


244 


well!    w  f  l  r. ! 


elderly   f^ontlemen.     We    have   no    time    to   descril)e   tin- 
yoiinj^er  troupe. 

There  were  also  to  come  the  wives  of  the  aforesaid  g(  u- 
try.  We  are  sorry  that  they  should  have  their  husbands 
names,  but  for  the  sake  of  unity  in  our  description,  we  will, 
for  the  moment,  christen  them  as  follows  :  Mrs.  ]S'el)rosa 
(Jiiile,  Mrs.  Aurora  Smile.  xVIrs.  Felieia  Isle,  Mrs.  Amaru 
Bile.  Mrs.  Montana  Pile,  and  Mrs.  Ferocia  File. 

Mrs.  Guile,  Mr.  Brandy's  lady,  wore  as  many  difforeiit 
faces  as  she  sported  dresses.     Twas  as  hard  to  explore  Iht 
as  it  is  to  explore  that  African  riv(.T  of  whose  be^inniiiir 
and  end  no  one  knows  anythinj^.     She  was  one  thin<r  tcvduy 
and  another  to-morrow.     She  liked  everybody — so  she  told 
evt'ryl)ody — but  if  there  were  any  otlier  body,  she  would 
like  that  body  as  well.     Mrs.  Smile,  Mr.  Dandy's   lady, 
took  her  hue  from  the  sunny  Seine,  upon  which  she  had 
sptmt  many  an  eveninjj^.     Mrs.  Isle,  Mr.  Ilandy's  lady,  was 
so  isolated-looking  a  being,  that  she  could  be  compared  to 
no  one  except  that  mysterious,  fatherless,  motherless  num 
mentioned  in  the  Old  'iestament.     She  was  like  an  island 
far  out  in  the  boundless  ocean,  hidden  and  unexplored,    lit  r 
conversation  was  remarkably  scarce.     Me^iutimc  she  prof- 
ited largely  by  her  insular  positioiL     Not  having  much  to 
obstruct  her  view,   she  noted  keenly  everything  that  was 
going  on.     Mrs.  Mile,  Mr.  Candy's  lady,  was  generally  out 
of  humor,  probably  on  account  of  ]»er  husband's  lady-likr 
softness  and  amiability.     Upon  this  occasion  she  was  further 
out  of  sorts  than  ever — a  circumstance  not  to  be  wondcrcij 
at  when  it  is  remembered  that  it  was  upon  her  beaut ifnl 
dress  that  Mr.  Handy  had  spilt  the  gravy.     Mrs.  Pile,  Mr 
Grandee's  lady,  was,  in  truth,  a  "venerable  pile"  of  flpsli 
and  blood,   which,   in  the  event  of  losing  its  equilibriiun 
ttud  falling  upon  some  unexpecting  Lilliputian,  '^ould  itr 


A     TALK, 


to  describe   tlif 


'245 


faiiily  huKk  Unit  ,,i;rmy  into  " ot.n.al  srnasl.  "     n 

-t.on  was  n.,narkablv  pnfjy  ,„i  j„    ,,„_.^^      y,  '" 

ail  cvcTlastiii.r  talker      ^1.,.,     ♦      .    .  iU  uus  slio 

«  iJikti.     feho  pretended  to  kiKMv  evmtliiii.r 

(iraridec^  I-kIu    <<  ..,i  J"utea,    said  Mr. 

v'laiiutCi!    l.Kly      'who    wrote     t  V"      "■I',,..,, 
ci'itie  •  if  cl...  ,.  .1  oii^riit  to  have  heeii  ti 

one  but  l,o,soIf  who  was  j!^  v  I,         "  ""  "'"'"'  ""^ 
'"-«  of  .,e,.  t,„.  .,„  ,.1  "  I   '  „t  vH..  :   ""  "  '"" 

**",-,uj^  ur  not.     'Ivvas  reDorted  fl...#   ,.-i         . 

r  "--any  ,,e,u.vc,i  ,i,„t ,,,,  pc.ovi.,„„.;:;; '  ;j 

^^»^;;^^»|.i.  the  u„co„.,„o„iy  b,„u„  „„-w„w.,..  of ,.,; 

These  wore  the  elderly  hulies.     There  wore  l,o,i,i       • 
Kinina    was   nil    ni'tinn      <^i 

"  ■   '"'"'"  "'""^  «M.™rm,eo.     K,mm's  hourt  thrille,! 


246 


W  E  L  L  1     W  E  L  L  I 


with  li{ii)])in('ss.     She  met  them  iii  all  her  mdiance.     The 
doctor  was  also  on  hand. 

Mrs.  This  and  Mrs.  That,  witli  their  neighbors,  immedi- 
ately engaged  in  con--,  isation  about  this  and  about  that. 
To  every  one's  mind  lue  evening  appeared  to  bid  fair  I'or  ail 
that  was  desirable. 

Not  so— Enuna,  the  light  of  the  Lnll,  had  a  shadow 
thrown  upon  her  brow.  'Twas  in  vain  that  she  contrived 
the  festival.  Why  ?  She  just  received  liom  Hem-y  a  note, 
a  strange,  cold  note,  stating  that  he  could  not  f-ttend'. 
That  was  all.  Where  was  he  ?  In  the  college.  What 
doing?  Probably  working  away  in  thai  room  with  the 
lights  iu  the  roof,  smoking  a  cigar,  and  making  burleh(jue 
apostrophes  to  ?.!ic  shroudless  arouui  him. 


CIlAn  Ell  XXXVL 


SAD  AXD  GLAD. 

What  a  world  of  sorrow  or  of  joy  may  not  one  sheet  of 
paper  reveal  !  What  a  change  does  it  not  ofl^^n  make  in 
one's  destiuy  1 

Mary  Tlu'resa  the  tried,  and  true,  has  received,  and  read 
• — how  many  times  ? — the  following  letter  : — 

"  My  Dear  Child  : 

"  And  is  it  possible  that  you  are  alive  ?  How  my  Ix^art 
bounded  with  delight  when  I  read  that  I  still  luid  a  daugh- 
ter !  llow  it  bled  agaiii  with  agony  when  I  found  that  n»y 
child  was  in  misery  I 

"  Durhig  the  last  four  yeai-s,  who  has  suffered  more,  you,  or 
I  ?     Late  and  early  I  have  watched  for  you,  and  then  rose 


■A     T  A  I.  E 


radiance.     Tlio 

;ilibors,  immedi- 
iiid  al)Out  that. 
3  bid  fair  lor  uU 

had  a  iShadow 
it  she  contrived 
1  Henry  a  note. 
Id  not  ntlend. 
ollege.  Wluit 
room  with  the 
king  burle^^ijue 


24  V 


ot  one  sheet  of 
ofi4}n  make  in 

ivcd,  and  read 


How  my  lieart 

had  a  dau^li- 

found  that  niv 

d  more,  you,  or 
and  then  rose 


fiiek  with  lon^nn^^  to  watch  and   ween  o,r.,|„      n,.  ,  , 

•■>e..     torn.,  the,,,  my  lo„g  !„.„,  el.il.l  ;     o  con,..      T  " 
-..«.,.!  know  is  dark  u„,l  .tcvny,  yot  ,.on,o.     I  ZnM  , 
■'"  'f'  '^"''  "  --  »l'-'.'.     «ut  I  e„„uot  think       ; 

-  I  ««,.rvo  yon  A-o,n  th«  ,„..,.i|,  „f  „„.„,.,,„„  „,„.    „  ;° 
:;. .  to  „,y  affliction.    All  that  ,ny  j„y  „,„  „„,;;       t'     .," 
--«>mc  ;  con,o,  tl,cn,  .,„d  kL,,,  1,„,„,.„  ,,,„  j,,,  „,  "J^  ; 
fa.l.d  ana  ,o,.ako„  than  yon..c,f-yoar  o.„  aff^c'tilltT  ' 

(•|m.w,.n  to  Mr.,  or  Mi.s.,  Arabella  Mahomitana  M,r 
pncbankH  ti,e  mantna  maker,  „„d  to  her  edify  ^Z 
•■ti-<-^c«  all.     Farewell  to  her   lor,..  „ii,.|,e,  „  I 

K:r:v:H^;:::^-^"'''-^--^--«e^^^ 

(areivdl  to  her  .sneere,  her  jeers,  and  that  paltry  yet  „iti 
Hs  per»ccut,„„  of  which  our  friend   ha, 'had  oL     wo 
»„th.s' .share     And  farewell  la.st,  not  lea,st,  to herlLc  e« 

taavery  by  which,  on  the  plea  that  M.^  had  at  "ti 

->■  "!■  w,nter,  ,,l,e  ha.  cheated  the  laborc'  out  oft    a  ^ 

'111  carnrngs, 

l-Vewell  to  E.a.„a'slove-tl,at  love  which  it  wa.,  and  i, 
..rd  to  rea,gn,  which  wa,  the  starlight  of  that  sor^wf 
"^  t   n„e  .pent  nnder  Mrs.  .AW)o„o.ald's  frown.     Fartwe 
^Uhat  love  which,  though  lo«t,  our  wanderer  .had  .Lvel 

Farewdl  to  aertrnde'.,  grave-that  gmve  ov,-r  which 
Afa,-y  ha,  ,o  fr«,uently  wept  a,„l  p,.aye,|,  t,,„t  grave  w  ieh 

'.;"'""":,  "'"  '"^'  '""«'  «»•'"' tl.at „«1  her  Lude,   t 

..rewell  to  that  loved  g,.ave  which,  though  never    o1e 
.,  agun,  she  w.ll  often  and  often  vi..it  i„  ,„irit,  and  kis» 
I",  Gertrude's  sake.     A  sad  farewell  to  both. 


248 


w  t;  L  I,  I   well! 


IJutu  i^hul  fMr.«-oIl,  ,neanti„u',  to  the  pnMo  an.l  ,uMor. 

t-eofulltheM..  IJaxtc.,  ofwlu.n,   alasltl.^^^^^^ 
liCusa.Hl.^-the  ,,rlde  that  would  not  l.-licvc-tl.,.  nusi;.,- 
une  01   which  that  prid.  was  the  cause.     A  ^lad  lannvHI 

to  the  .^-uoraut  hh^oiry  aud  ceas<,les«  am.oyac.ce   of  all  tho 

iniserly  Marjoriebauks,  of  whom  there  are  u.auy,  too-th. 

bigotry  that   loved   the  Sabbath-breaking  heathen  bc-tter 

than  the  Catholic  observer  of  the  third  couimandnient-th.. 

annoyance  that  quarrelled  with  fK)6iUve  religion  for  the  sak. 

of  no  religion  at  all. 

And  farewell,  too,  and  farewell  for  ever,  to  that  puritan 
land  where  alone  are  read  those  uncharitable,  unw„rtl,v 
notices-" None  but  a  Protestant  need  ap,.Iy.'>  Farew.ll 
to  tlut  land  of  which  there  Is,  thaoik  God,  but  one  in  tl... 
world. 

Farewell  to  all. 

"The  sails  were  filled,  and  fair  the  light  winds  blew  " 
when  Mary  Ther^-sa,  with  si,irit.  half  glad,  half  sad,  c'.- 
terc(  the  bark  which  was  Lo  boar  her  again  to  her  native 
country. 

The  clironicler,  dear  reader,  will  l)e  as  fair  as  those  win.ls 
aiid  leave  not  his  heroine  until  he  luus  wafted  her  home' 
Ton  must  prepare  yours4>lf  now  to  rush  with  him  aloiK 
much  faster  than  heretofore,  for  he  intends  henceforth  to 
go  at  nothing  slower  than  the  swiftest  railroad  speed 
About  to  crush  whole  volunins  into  a  page,  he  will  tell  yon 
the  remainder  of  what  he  ha^  to  say  in  the  smallest  possible 
space.  ^ 

Fair  indeed,  when  the  vessel  started,  did  the  light  winds 
blow  and  fair  did  they  continue  till,  on  the  twentieth  mon. 
m,  h'gh  and  cheerly  from  the  loftiest  mast,  arose  the  wel- 
come  cry  of  land.  Land  I  and  with  it  "  home  again."  What 
a  different  feeling  had  Alar^-'s  heiyt  now  at  this  thrilling 


A     TALE. 


249 


"i'liomicomont,  fro,,,  whnt  if   I...  i      ,        . 

^^f'«  i^'iovvs  best.  inum-i„e  if      u,,  '     ^^^'^   ^'"'  '•"'"l-r, 

'•'•'•^'"<1  !  an.1  ui,|H,ut'runh  r  <        'T"^'  "'"  "^  •''••"^'"''^■'  "- 
of  mother  a^uldiild.  ''  '""'^  "i'*'"  ^''^'  mceti..;. 

''^|»m-l,|(.ss  with  overflow  „r  ;  „    ,. 
^"^•li  other's   an,is,   whilo   the     '  7  ""''  '"*'''"^'J   '" 

^^•'■'''^•''  ""<!  freer  thai,  those  of'  u^!T         ^''"''"''''    '^'^'"3^'^ 
^o  be  ,h.,scril,ecl.  ^"'^'  ""''  I'^"''*''!  forth,  nut 

And  the  brother .;,  „^,  , 

"''™  "-■  ^^i.*T  i„„„i,.e«.  ;:,  V  «"-^"-Pan.„t. 
""■■^  «„,-,ls  s,.e„,„  ,0  ,„.  ,;,  ,^'  '"""«'  T"  Jfao- 
»l"''>"'l,  ,„„l  ,|„.y  wore     2,     ,     ?'  """^•"""»-'  <'f  «lio 

"•"^  "ot  hope  she  >vait,,l  to  Z       ,   '   r  "  ''"'*  """ 

!-"•     An,l  h„lr,l„„l,(,„, '   "l    :  '^""'^  "■'■'•'■  f '■'"""'■ 

""■  »0"."1  of  Umt  l,n    ;;.■''"■'"*''■  ■^'"^'  ■^""  "•""^■'1  for 

-k'v«.s  heclea,!.     F       ho!r'r"'''''"'' ^^■' "■-■•«'  "> 

"■".^  i"'."frc.,l  or  .,,,oke„  ""'   '''"•"''■'•  "''""t  hi,,, 

li'lioiciii^r,  nicaim)  ile,  „,  ,i|„  .-..,    .  ,  „ 

'-  «»  are  so„,oU,„e.  wop. 'for  I  j:,',"*""" ''^""""'  ™^'" 

: «  ""»•■     IVhore  w.,  her  I  ro    ;"'.,'"  '"'^  '"  "'« 

'"■".  'I'e  <hi„g,  ,hut  took  ,,h».o  ,  ur ,  /l       T  "'"'  '"'''•  '■" 

""  i"  "  Kar,  „  „,o„th,  e>.o„'a  «;    "Z  M,  t'T,'",    ^""' 

*-"".«  wore  doud,a„d  .so,„e  wore  ,,0-,  ;''"'"*■"' ' 

'•"""--J    a>v„y.      So„,„    «•   r,,         '!.:  , """  """ 

"•ij'jn,   and    some   were 


2r.o 


W  K  I.  I.  !     W  K  L  L  ! 


wreklu'd,  mid  so  on,  cluuigo  upon  clmnj^o.     But  say   not 
some  -say  many,  many. 

'Tis  late  in  tlie  fvciiin;!;  now,  and  yet  no  brother  has  made 
Ills  ajipearanee.  Was  he  dead,  or  had  he  gone  lo  other 
clinics — where  was  he  ?  Mary,  no  lonji^er  able  to  strng<,Hc 
a^Minst  her  foelinj^js,  at  hnigth  a.sked,  where  was  her  only 
brother. 

The  mother,  ahvs  !  hsid  a.  lenirth  .e  tell  a  tale  whieli 
darkened  the  light  of  home,  and  withered  every  hope. 

"  A  short  time  after  her  own  departure  from  Ireland,  iir 
expressed  a  wish  to  enter  upon  a  certain  enterprise,  and 
for    this  purpose  obtained  from    his    father  .,,  ...htmI 

pounds.     With  this  he  embarked  in  a  small  ves.sel  for  France, 
and  never  since  returned." 

"  Was  he  yi  Fra.i'c  ?"  was  the  sister's  inmiediate  trem- 
bling inquiry. 

"  Ah,  no — thv>  vessel  with  all  on  board  was  lost,  and 
my  poor  boy's  bones  found  a  gi'ave  in  the  l>ritish  Chan- 
nel," said  the  mother,  sighing. 

Sorrow  so  soon  again  ! 

How  darkly,  sweet  mourner  Mary  !  came  o\<  v  you  now 
for  the  hundredth  time,  yet  not  for  the  last,  that  lonely  burial 
which,  four  sad  years  ago,  "ou  saw  on  the  cold  gre»ii  seas  I 
How  little  did  yon  think  thuf,  dn-ary  as  that  burial  was, 
your  own  fond  brother  had,  about  the  same  time,  one  that 
was  just  as  dreary  !  Long  will  you  think  of  that  melan- 
choly hour,  and  often  will  you  pray  for  the  student  u  i ! 
the  brother.  Yet  well  it  is  for  -^^u  tlm*  you  1  low  not  :  :l 
Fast  as  your  tears  are  fallmg,  sail  faster  would  they  flow, 
were  you  but  told,  as  you  caimot  bo,  that  he  whose  bones 
you  now  see  white  in  the  dr.  p  sea  s  bed,  left  his  :ome,  not  | 
for  las  love  of  speculation,  but  of  yaio.  Saddened  to  the 
Boul  at  your  sudden  flight,  and  disgusted  in  the  eiireme  pt 


luve. 


•^^ 


A   Talk 


f.     Hut  say  not 

brother  lius  nuulv 

e  gone  lu  other 

able  to  vstnigglf 

jro  was  her  only 

ell  d  tale  which 
}very  hope, 
from  Ireland,   lie 
a  enter[)rise,  and 
ler  ...iiiUi'ed 

vessel  for  France, 

immediate  trem- 

'd  was  lost,  and 
le  British  Chan- 


nc  o\.r  you  now 
that  lonely  burial 
cold  greoii  sea;?  I 
that  buruil  was. 
nc  time,  one  thn' 
k  of  that  melaii- 
the  ?t  talent  ail 

OU   1     OW  not  :'!l. 

would  they  flow, 
he  whose  bones 
ft  his  ;ome,  not 
laddoned  to  the 
n  the  e:^treme  pt 


2M 


ff^*'<^«'..luctofyour  parents,  he  trot   und..r      .        . 
;-obu.ine.,suchnn.nsa:wo;:'^^         :^^^^ 
lui.i  mnong  those  strana,  rs  with  J,        \      ,  ^        '"^' 
''^'"i-^l*  lii.  grief.  """  ''^  determin.d  i 

Alury  hu^  Jong  sown  in  tears      Will    l.n 
joy  ?  ''"^-     *^"'  she  ever  reap  in 

fv.i.  vc.n(„,-e    yet  uiil,    n    ,  i'""'"  and  motluT 

;;'H'  .«  be  one  .,^  „e,  "^J^  Zl^:;  r,"^  '^ 

-■.V  ^..u,;;f;!„^'  ,:"■■;:  :::^  f^  "■«• «-.  T„e.:a 

'-.  and  G,.rtrude'    ;        .,    /  ■"    ''^ ;""'»"'  E,„.na's 
i'lis  conduct,  on  the  mr'   m-  r-     , 

it  was  but  a  short  time  after  her  return  f).If  .1 
^-ok  place.     Had  she  been  lef  wlo  Iv  to  ,       ,^^™''"^ 
Mie  Ha.<?.     ijhe  y^ui^j^  j,^  tliomrht  Hu.nM .  . 


252 


well!    w  k  I  1. 1 


whose  place  wus  still  with  the  wrctt  IkmI,  aiitl  in  this  she  roiiM 
tiiKJ  a  pleasure  that  was  painrul,  yet  sweet.  She  saw,  tou, 
eii(iiijz;h  of  the  cruel  worlU  to  steel  her  lor  ever  aj^aiiist  it. 
liut  ut  the  Kanie  lime  she  saw  that  her  pareiits  were  u- 
determined  in  their  purpose  now  as  they  were  before  shi 
went  to  Amerieu,  And  lastly,  she  saw  that  the  j^reat  oU- 
jcetion,  that  whieh  was  the  eause  of  all  her  wcks,  w:;> 
oliviated  hy  the  conversion  of  her  suitor.  Under  tlwse  eii- 
«Mimstanees,  therefore,  It  i«  not  sun  ijsinj^  that  she  Ix-eaiiic 
Mrs.  Fitz  Mauriee. 

You  see  now,  ^ood  reader,  how  swiftly,  since  we  inadt 
our  promise,  we  have  whirled  you  alonif  ;  att(>nd,  now,  and 
you  will  see  how  swiftly  we  will  cotitiime  to  do  so. 

For  six  months — short  time — Mrs.  Fit/.  Maurice,  or  Mary 
Theresa,  which  we  shall  still  call  her,  liv«'d  w  ilh  la-r  hu.sltahd 
happily  enouj^h.  Charles,  thouuh  nothing  more  than  a 
nominal  Catholic,  went  to  nuiss  with  his  wife  jiretty  gener- 
ally. Like  all  persons  of  his  traininjir,  he  could  not  j?et  into 
that  thorough  Christian  notion  that  on  Sunday  every  one 
should  go  worship  his  God.  Thinking  that  in  this,  a«  wt  il 
as  in  other  things,  there  should,  once  in  a  while,  l>c  a  little 
vacation,  he  had  no  scruple  to  leave  the  priest  at  times 
preach  to  the  walls.  After  the  first  six  months,  however, 
this  indilfer(M\ce  of  his  became  every  day  greater.  At  length 
it  grew  altogether  alarming.  Yet  this  was  only  the  Ix'- 
ginning.  In  a  very  short  time  he  renounced  his  ehunh 
altogether,  and  almost  renounced  his  wife.  He  broke  his 
baj)tismal  vows,  and  violated  every  other  promise  as  well. 
To  all  intents  and  purposes,  Charles  was  again  a  Protestant. 

During  the  last  four  months  of  the  year,  Mary  often  had 
cause  to  wish  that  she  lived,  not  in  her  luwband's  house,  hut 
even  in  that  of  Mrs.  M'Dougald. 

He  laughed  at  the  mass,  he  ridiculed  prieijts,  he  swore  at 


A    T  A  I.  F  . 


2*.  a 


sts,  he  swore  at 


™"f.-.«i,,,,,    1,0     ,„lk,.,l     i„     ,|,„    f„„|, 

"'1  ;,::;■  ;j" ""-■ ^^-i": '.::" "■ 

'"'I'  "l"".  the  jouHK  ,vi,|„«..     W|„„  ,.,.     ,  ',      "  "'""■''■'•• 
"lis  not  tlie  mil', i  •       ,  ■"•"l'l""ccl  hor  so  111,1,1, 

II  J     "lUII,     |,Ut    III,.     ,|,v,„l(„|     ,1  ;  ,    , 

lolmvf  l»eii  l,„,,ii,.,,|  ,„„,  ,„ '     '   '"  ""•  ■'■"l>"l"'U. 

""■"«l  out  ,i„  „,,:,„,„;■       '  '""  '"'•"'""■'■  i'-t"  1.UV0 

.li«i  «i.h  V,. ,  Z        "     '■"''■"•"'•'r-'l''-'  '"•  "II.  •"  l".ve 

"•I  iuLi.e  fuiue  over  licr  lu.i.fUr  i  „  i        , 
^■'"^M  Un  will,  tl,c.ir  „ „i,         ; ""^  ''"''>■'•"  '""^1.  ""-' 

I  ,1.       I    II  ""r,i"hil.       iJut  til  s  WHS  iiof  ,i|| 

"  "'"y  I-  »ui,i  „., ,,,  Z       ,  '""■'' '"  ^''"  "''■ «"  -^i""-. 


In 


uumy  hoariiiesH  ;— tl, 


lie  ruiiiH,|  wnH 


254 


w  E  I,  I.  !    w  r  1. 1.  ! 


V^i'' 


Stim.l5  wlicn  it(*  wiinl  worn  lialtlfrmnt 

Tlio  huts  hiirvivo  tlic  ciii)tivi;  tlicy  iiitlirull 

The  .lay  clnifrs  tliro',  tho'  Htoriiis  kv^'\^  out  tli 

Ami  tliii.s  ilie  lieurt  will  brouk,  yot  brokenly  li 


M  .'iro  ^'ono 


ic  sun 
vc  on. 


Yet  she  had  a  consohilioii,  one,  however,  that 


was  c 


a  care. 


quully 


Alary  liad  fur  some  time  b( 


en   a  ii,v  Hier.     She  had  a 


beaut iliil   hoy,  wlio  was  the  very  |)i(tiire  of  Fitz  M 
In   him  she  hatl  a   plcasnre  and    a   i»ri(h'    tlial, 


aiirice 


sfr()nj>:(T  day  after  day,  fdh'd  her  wi(U)wed  soul  will 


of  which  none  but  herself  eould  I 


f^TOwin;.'; 
1  a  joy 


lave  a  eonee 


Will  she  fnid  in  him  a  Imlm  for  all  h 


'ptioii. 


«'r  sorrows  ?  Will 
he,  with  his  sunny  hrow,  and  his  clear  hlue  vi(>let  eye,  l.e 
left  to  che<T  her  in  her  age  ?  Will  he  make  a  substitute' for 
all  that  she  has  lost-  for  Ennna,  (Jertrude,  l)rother,  lover, 
husband,  all  ?  What  dreams  has  Ma-y  now  I  ()  di-ath,  thou 
fell  destroyer  !  blight  not  the  last  fair  llower  that  blooms  in 
the  wide  waste  'round. 
The  lovely  boy  is  smiling  upon  his  mother's  k 


nee,  and 

Well  as  ever  chihl  was 

lerons  is  that  world  upon 


fdling  her  with  a  heaven  of  fancies, 
watched,  will  he  be.     Yet  tread 
w  hich  he  lujs  just  opened  his  eyes, 

Hope  and  fear  make  uj)  a  mother's  life,  but  ft 
the  greater. 


ar  18  ever 


pnno; 


^    TALK 


2bi} 


!<•  sun  ; — 
vc  oil.'' 

imt  was  equally 

r.     She  had  a 

Fitz  Maurice. 

that,  growiiiK 

oul  with  a  joy 

|>tion. 

Drrows  ?  Will 
'  violet  eye,  lie 
I  sulistitute  lor 
lirother,  lover, 
O  death,  thou 
that  blooms  iit 

er's  knee,  and 
ever  ehild  was 
at  world  upon 

ut  fear  is  ever 


CUAPTKIl  XXXVJI. 


A    STKAN(;KR. 


Camii.f.a'.s  bus 


IS  to  annihilate  time.     1 


n«ess  was  to  annihilate  spa 


'•'»'»-i>lied  child,  to  tl 


rom  the  birth  of  Man' 


ee~  our  business 


har  and   h 

I'ii.sscd   aw 

hiirer  and   sweeter  tl 


'e  period  ofv.lnVh  we  tell 


"!«',  subdued  sorrow,  and  __ 
"y-     The  fair  boy,  able  to  talk 


'•y  s  sweet  and 

,  two  years  of 

recovered  calm,  had 


»nd  walk 


\Na,s 


'"'I'l'y-he  happy,  which  is  to  be 


'|"'>  ^'ver.     That  he  may  live  and  be 


'^''•■n  yuun^r^  beautiful  as 


MOod  1     Are  they  not  all 


''<>"d,  was  as  fair  ami 


a  summer  dawn  ?     C 


"in,  in  ehild- 


iiiore 


than 


u 


ITomisin^:  as  he  who  afterwards 


prophet.     And,  no  doubt.  1 


was 


1 


""•»  "s  well,  and  deemed  1 


've  loved  her  first 


"■'•  <Hvn  ^vvnt  .Ko„.     ,\,nj  t,,^ 


'""  »'^  l«'V,.ly,  as  did  Klizabeih 


ca 


'"«  at  the  last  a  nnirdc 


onee  fair,  idolized  Cain  1 


•'•'loved  of  his  Lord.     Ho  tl 


•••r,  and  John  be 


ie- 


ca 


•Mimt, 


Whetl 


im"{rlit  I 


ler 


pniltler  is  to  be  i* 


'e  rocked  in  the  self 
i^  it  like  a  John  or 


It'  future  sinner,  and  the 


in«'  the  dearly 


future 


■^iinie  cradle. 

a  Cain  that  Marv's  lifd, 


The  hand  of  the  mot 


ni 


vam.    Marriage  has  been  to  h 


"T  is  a-ain  .soujrhl,  but  it  is  sought 


cen 


Ix'art 


'i'lds  more  contentment  there  tl 


'•<'<!  in  the  rosy  being  that  snnl 


<T  a  miserable  es'ate.    }Ur 


!es  upon  her  kne 


world  has  the  giving.     Th,-  good 
«ouM  rather  her  son  to  lose  his 
t'ommit  on-  mortal 


''""  •"  «"'}thing  of  which  t 
<|iifen,  who  said  that  si 


le 


le 


'•own  than  that  he  shoul.l 


tliuu  is  MarvTh 


ler 


^"^  was  not  a  more  watchfid  na.tl 


111 


estt  at  the  moment  of  whici 


icr 


Hf.     Nor  did  that  royal  IJhinche   thrice 


we  are  sj)c>uk- 


royal  liy  her  vir- 


h 


256 


W  E  L  I,  !     W  E  L  I,  1 


tucs,  instil   into  the  mind  of  hor  youthful  Louis,  rarlicr  or 
lioiier  lt's.sons,  thai,  is  Mary  ahoiit  to  instil  into  tjje  umocent 
iniji^a'  of  her  iniforlnnat(,'  iiushand. 
Anotlier  yoar  hud  flown. 

Mary  was  one  evoninjr  droamin-  lovely  droams  ovor  tho 
Rleei.i.i^^  form  of  her  beautiful  child,  when,  weary  and  wet 
from  a  Ion- drive  and  a  showery  day,  a  -entlenian,  who  had 
just  arrived  at  one  of  the  hotels  in  the  citv,  asked  of  tin- 

host  whether  S<iuire  M was  dead  or  aliVe.     The  reply 

was  that  he  ww<  dead.     IFe  was  then  asked  whether  Mrs' 

M w!i«  still  livin^^     The  rq.ly  was  in   the  nejrative 

This  news  seemed  to  have  a  very  saddening;  efteet  upon  the 
Ptran-er,  who  immediately  asked,  in  ^rreat  anxh-ty,  whether 
their  son  or  their  daughter  ever  returned.     He  was  told 
that  the  dau-hter  was  at  home,  hut  that  the  son  had  heen 
drowned.     At  this  reply  the  ^^entleman    appeared    to   he 
somewhat  r*>lieved.     Havinp:  made  a  few  other  in(,uiries,  he 
took  a  pen  and  ink,  and,  havinjr  scribbled  a  hurried  note 
asked  the  hotel-keeper  if  he  would  be  kind  enou^d,  to  hav,' 
Jt  forwarded  to  it^  destination.     The  host  leaked  narrowly 
mto  the  gentleman,  but  did  not  know  who  he  was.     He 
sent  the  document. 

This  letter  had  just  come  in  ujion  ISlarv's  dreams  It 
stated  that  there  was  at  the  W liotel,'No.  92  a  .Gen- 
tleman who  wished  very  much  to  see  her.  but  who  fo"r  a 
parti.ular  reason,  could  not  leave  the  hotel  for  the  p.irpo... 
Jt  also  stated  that  he  wa8  one  who,n  she  would  be  rejoiced 
to  see.  It  mentioned  no  particular  name.  It  was  siuned— 
"A  Friend." 

Could  it  be  her  own  dear  banished  one  ?  This  was  tho 
thought  that  immediately  flashcnl  acro.ss  her  mind.  All 
hope  and  l)ewilderment,  she  hurried  to  the  hotel. 

"W«.uhl  you  be  kind  enough  to  Infortn  the  gentleman 


I  Louis,  earlier  or 
into  tlio  iuii()c«.'iit 


dreams  over  the 
>,  weary  and  wet 
itlcinan,  who  liad 
ity,  asked  of  the 
liive.     The  rej.ly 
ed  whether  Mrs. 
ill   the   nejjfative. 
r  effect  iijioii  the 
anxiety,  whether 
I.     He  was  told 
le  soil  liad  been 
aj»j)eare(l    to   he 
ther  iii<|uiries,  lie 
a  hurried  note, 
enough  to  have 
l<>oke<l  narrowly 
o  he  was.     He 

t'h  dreams.  It 
No.  9'2,  a  «reii- 
lait  who,  for  a 

for  the  jdirpose. 

Duld  be  rejoiced 

It  was  siu'iied — 

This  was  the 
l»pr  mind.     All 
otel. 
the  j^eiitleinnn 


A     TALE. 


2/)  7 


'lark  .vl.isk,„  „„,,'"''-  '""'"■  "  ""'■.vo,,,,,.  ,„„„  „,„, 
"■'O-  ><'<»  <l.e  parlor.      ' , w  'l"'  '"  ""  '>"'''■  ""•■ 

"ot  the  |,l,,,.„rc..»  "  •   ""■^"■'■'•'■'' ^  ■•>•■-',  »ir.l  have 

"  VVell,  f  know  voii  "  «.,;,?  ♦!.„ 

'-"•^ V 4-'„:;;t ; - --™'.v. -1;.,, .a..,., 

I'vas  h,T  l,rolh,.r.     V,.,  .,,,,,  ,|',„         , 
•'»raM.,.an,  Dr.  Ari)„„.n,l,r  V  '"•'"'"■'•was  ir,.„rv 

I'lii-N  iucl,.|.(I,  was  n  mooliirr ! 
Ai„l  why  shouM  „ot  K,„raa  l,e  thcro  '     Tv  i  „ 
f"'"  poh,K  to  h,.r  party  for  ■>,„  '„  1      '     ""'  " •-'■  ''- 

iTWhter  than  ever  T,      „    ,  !";'''  """^  "">•  '"-"^  -t 

*-«l  «  rnanif,,,,  r    '  ,      ''k  '"'"?  '''l''""'  '"'»  '■"™ 

tl'""sn.Hl  ,im,.s  wanner  '"'  """■"""  »■"•"  ■' 

J^it  where  was  slu'  V     ti'^      • 

"•".  „n,a,„i  1.:  na,^  'r::  .■:r'''r'"''''  ""'•^' 

"'»>•  "ot  l,e  ,leseril,e,l  "'      '"'  "  '"'''l"'"'«  'I"" 

'"t:^,tv:rir:'w-r'''t'-^::' -'•-•  ^'"• 

»n.l  a  si;t,.r.  "'■  "'"'  '"  ^'"7  ''-»  a  brother 

-I  his    WfHJ   n    mo««Jv.,.  I 

—     •»*•   •    tft*** 


258 


WEI.  I,!    wKi.  I. ! 


Tlitit  shadow,  wlik-li  would  at  times  diirkni  Ilfiiry's 
hrow,  jHissKl  now  never  to  return.  Every  one  knows  wliat 
tinit  shadow  wtu?,  and  every  one  knows,  too,  why  it  has 
vanished  for  ever. 

It  may  be  necessary  to  say  here  briefly  what  prevented 
him  from  ever  writing  to  his  parents.  First  and  foremost, 
he  left  them  in  disgust  at  the  way  in  which  they  treated  his 
sister.  Secondly,  having  such  jolly  ei»mj)anions  at  the  col- 
leg'*,  he  uhnost  forgot,  in  his  love  of  them,  uU  thought  of 
father  and  mother.  Thirdlv,  und  lastlv,  he  was  so  ardfht 
in  his  alfection  for  Emma,  that  he  thought  of  little  else  thi'.!i 
the  day  in  which  he  slio"'d  cull  her  his  own.  To  this  may 
b(!  adiled  the  fact  that  he  entertained  a  deep  dislike'  lor 
Charles  Fit/  Maurice. 

This  condm't,  it  must  be  confessed,  was  not  very  filinl, 
but  «'onduct  ecjually  unlilial  ha.s  often  been  shown  by  p«r- 
sons  who,  unlike  him,  had  no  cause  for  their  silence      How 
ever,  whether  ungrateful  or  not,  he  had   now  at  last   eoiiH 
bark  with  the  intention  of  forgetting  the  past,  and  of  r 
siding  near  his  pan'uts.     If  'le  did  wrong,  he  paid  dearly 
for  it  by  the  bitter  tears  which  he  shed  when  he  learned, 
among  oth(T  things,   the  sad  news  of  which  mention  luis 
already  been  made. 

Hut  this  was  no  time  for  grief. 

llim-self,  his  wife,  and  his  sister,  went  together  to  tli- 
residence  of  the  latter.  There  lie  wm  told  of  her  trial-, 
her  nuirriage,  her  husband's  untinu  ly  death,  and  all.  Then', 
too,  he  was  told  how  she  inherited  all  the  niun«'y  and  projt- 
erty  of  her  father.  JJut  what  else  could  he  expect  ?  If 
he  could  feel  angry  at  thi.s,  he  neeil  no,,  Inune«liati  iy 
afterwards,  the  generous  wonum  nol)ly  offereil  him  the  hull' 
of  what  she  |)Osse.s.s«'d.  He  as  nobly  refused  it.  lUit  to 
hhow  the  sincerity  of  her  heart,  she  gave  him,  in  u  *"ew  days 


aikfii  irt'iiiv'< 
no  knows  wlint 
lO,   why   it  lia-^^ 

khat  prcventcil 
and  lorcinost, 
licy  treated  his 
ions  at  the  eol- 
all  tlioii<;iit  oi' 
was  so  urdfiil 
■  little  else  thi'.ii 
To  this  niiiy 
ieep  dislike  I'ni 

not  very  lilial. 

shown  by  \h  r 
silenee  IIou- 
V  at  lust  e<»iiir 
last,  and  of  r 
he  paid  deaiiy 
i-n  he  learned, 
h  mention  has 


agether  to  tli' 
1  of  her  trial-, 
nd  all.  Theiv, 
oney  and  pro|i- 
L'  expect  'i  W 
Inunediat"  iy 
d  him  the  hull' 
«d  it,  JUit  to 
I,  in  u  ^c\v  duNs 


A     PALE. 


'2i,\t 


kJ  lea  her  I  '      "'  "'""'™'  """  "'"^'l'  »''<•■  l»r.seir 

*•  Ami  did  not  a  mooting  liko  n,  f       i 

^«--ln.g««dkindasiu,outh'Hha,p,d«yr 


A  <;kkfk  woi{I), 
Charles  Hfnry   TVr....v'.    ?    • 

mill  ways.  rttiraj  of  Jlenry  s  works 


260 


well!    well! 


(I  riv 


(■( 


cU 


Tell  all,  since  you  have  so  <^ood  a  memory/'  iutimat 
the  htiKl)an(l. 

Kmina  kept  in  the  dark  the  wicked  prank  which  Ik,"  play 
upon  lier.self, 

"  Well,  Mary,"  br^'an  the  brother  again,  "  you  mu.st  cer- 
tainly make  a  doctor  of  hinu" 

"  1  think  that  v/o  have  doctors  enough  among  us,"  said 
Emma. 

Mary  had  her  own  notions,  l)ut  half  afraid  to  indnlge  in 
so  false  a  thing  as  hope,  she  merely  said:  "1  shall  Im' 
hai)py  and  content  if  he  only  live."  From  the  depths  of 
her  soul,  meanwhile,  went  uj.  a  silent  prayer  that  Char!. . 
Henry,  whatever  he  became,  would  long  be  his  mother'.-, 

"Emma,"  said  her  hii.sl»and,  "if  Mary's  young  bud  love 
frolic  and  fun  as  much  as  your  (Jeorge,  he  will  scarcely  ever 
take  out  a  diploma." 

At  the  soimd  of  George's  name,  ISfary,  who,  in  the  midst 
of  a  host  of  other  memories,  hail  forgotten  Mrs.  M'Dou- 
gald's  own  and  only  sou,  unmediately  inquired  about  him. 

"  O  dear  me,"  responded  Henry,  "  seven  years  ago  he  was 
put  to  learn  Greek  and  Latin,  of  which  he  knows  to-dav 
about  as  much  as  he  knew  when  he  began.  From  moriiinu^ 
till  night  he  stands  in  school  upon  the  criminal's  bench,  lie 
never  learned  a  whole  lesson  in  his  life.  Every  time  li,- 
comes  up  to  repeat  his  task  in  Greek  grammar,  he  gi  ts 
thra.shed  soundly,  and  driven  back  to  his  favorite  stand. 
No  sooner  has  George  ascended  his  throne  than  he  forg.fv 
the  cat-of-niue-tails,  and  anmses  hims(«lf  with  pelting  at 
every  one  around  him  balls  of  cheweil  paper.  Caile<i  dow . 
again  to  go  through  the  uncoimed  les.son,  he  receives  his 
due  reward  in  stripes,  and  is  ordered  to  mount  once  more. 
And  i)Oor  George,  whose  memory  seems  very  bad.  forgets, 


A     T  A  I,  R 


2(;j 


'K'forr  lio  rcachos  the  h.-nrl.   ♦!.„ 

♦  .'         1  "tntn    tne  scorn  (til  tii      r  i- 

^^,^^  „  '».is  u  ho.mKtIuI  .enlu,  for  contrivi,,..  In,), 

AH  this,  ^Tninhicjillv  (loscn?><ui  i      ir 
'"'""•y  of  .ho  .In,  k.|,,,',H  0  '    ,.  (,.     ™''^;  r  •'■"•^'  "'"•• 
•■'"'l"«'.-^  hack,  s|,„„.,„|  ..  I  uvhT  ■  *''''■  "■''"'  '""">■ 

l'i"lliiT-in-law,   »li,.ri    ,..,lr,..l    ,■         ,•  ""'   *''"     "« 

-l-t  tl„.  .Ir  ,.„',:;"   '  j  "";     '"  "-'A  •■»   tried   ,„ 

»"rtl,yor,|e,scri,,„„„  •*  """'''  '""«  «■'•"  ™.".tl,i.,ff 

W,.|l   I,..  I      •  *=  '  '""  '■''"'"<•  to  Ill's  irraic 

'"^  memory  „„„  .,..  .„.«"     ^i     "'T  '"'''  f  ""^  -»'« 
■■"*'«  "-coughs  L,  in     ,        f  '"""''■  °""  '"■'^■'"■«  "ft 

0-  more  „f  u,.-     ;      ^/I'lr'^II^^^-'''"' '-i'". 

giy  at  somo 


or 


•'>7  for  the  trifling  loan 


'■>•  the  sext 


pass- 
worU— gets  lor  hi* 


ft 


262 


W  K  I.  I.  I     W  K  I.  I.  ! 


(•It'vcrnoss  in  coii^-hinp,  <^c.,  divers  ii-rly  "  wipes"  of  U,,. 
k'litlirrn  scorpiori,  and  is  laid  ajfaiii  on  the  shelf  to— iiractJN. 
the  art  of  gnnnery.     This  was  (ieor^ro. 

If  Charles  Henry  live  lon^'  enon^rh  to  take  a  Greek  utmiii- 
ni:ir  in  hand,  he  will  iro  throu)z-h  Ueortre's  unmerciful  "  Tvjh 
to,''  witli  a  skill  that  Geor<;<'  himself  shall  ar(|uiio  only  wImi, 
he  is  born  apun.     Vet  Master  M'Doiijrald,  after  all,  is  not 
to  1)0  put  down,  lieeause  he  does  not  suceeed  in  fairly  strik- 
\\vr  "  Tupto."     Many  a  smart  fellow's  hrains   have   been 
tormented  by  "  Tujiln;'  and  his  kindred.     We  heard  of  oi,.' 
in  jKirtieiilar,  who  happened  to  jret  the  measles  somewhere 
about  the  time  that  he  was  enpijred  in  showinir  this  base 
(J reek  word  all  its  moods  and  tenses—moods  and  tenses, 
by  the  w;.y,  that  surpass  by  a  loiiir  chalk,  as  Bell  would  sav^ 
all  the  moo<ls  and  tenses  that  old  maid  Clara  in  her  e<'cen- 
tricities  ever  knew,  or  dreamed.     We  heard  of  a  yonn^' 
gentleman  of  this  kind,  who,  Imvinnr  jrot  ravinf?  in  his  sick- 
ness, never  ceased,  while  the  phrensy  continued,  to  repeat 
that  self-same  "  7\ipto"--a.  somethinj,'  apparently  as  haunt- 
ing and  tormenting  as  that  horrible  raven  of  Edgar   A. 
Poe.     And  he  fell  asleej)  with  "  Tupto''  on  his  tongue,  and 
in  his  brain — and  whe  >  he  woke,  he  woke  still  to  hear,  tlnui- 
dcring  through  his  senses,  throughout  all  its  fearful,  mair 
nillcent  eonglotneration  of  voices,  moods  and  tenses— "tupf.., 
tui)teis,tup!ei— tupto,  tupso,  tetupha— tu[)to,etupton,  tup<o. 
etupsa,   tetupha,  etetiiphein,  etupon,  tupo,"  &c.,  &c,   6n\, 
ad  hfinifum. 

iiut  if  "Tupto"  is  hard  to  be  managed,  it  is  not  much  of 
a  wonder.  Like  the  Pasha  who  had  for  a  body  guiinl 
seven  hundred  of  his  own  sons,  Tupto  is  strong  in  famih, 
and  when  you  have  knocked  down  a  dozen  of  them  in  a 
regular  pitched  battle,  he  has  Hfty  dozen  more  calling  np.^ii 
you  to  have   your  eyes,  or  rather  vour  wits    about   you. 


"wifK's"  of  t|„. 
lli'lf  to— j(r;icti,s(( 

«'  a  CiriM-k  uTiiiii- 
iimicrcifiil  "  Tv[i- 
V|iiii('  only  when 
,  lifter  all,  is  not 
MJ  ill  fairly  vtrik- 
ains  have  i)nii 
Vo  hoard  of  on«' 
aslcs  soiurwlifp' 
lowinjj^  this  l)asi! 
nods  and  tenses, 
Hell  would  say, 
ira  in  her  ceeeii^ 
ird  of  a  youMLT 
vini?  in  his  sick- 
nued,  to  rejit-at 
rently  as  liauin- 

I  of  Kdf,'iir  A. 
his  ton^i'iie,  iiinl 

II  to  hear,  tlmii- 
fs  fearful,  nmtr 
tenses — "tnptn, 

etupton,  tii|i>". 
&('.,  kc,  &('., 

is  not  much  of 
a  hody  jriiiirfl 

ronjj  in  family. 

n  of  them  in  a 

•re  rnllinfr  ni"!! 

ts   about   voii. 


A     TALK 


'h\Z 


'"^'"Hil'l  yon  I,av,.  "hlu.k"  ,.       . 

'•'■'''''••'•^ '"  one  that  be     r         '  ''  '^"''^^^  i^    -u 

^'•^•'lark  leaf  of  M,,v'sl.r  '"  ™t.0M 

''"'   '"Vl.t  on..  o,.en;d    ',;,^';"-^  T  '"'"""  -•-'  -"1 

"■''^'»  «''e  had  to  renew  it  f  '  t  "''  '"""'•"'"^^  "l>l>arel. 

'•-  ^'-ee  months  had  ,0  .     ,     I  ""''''  f  ""  ^"^'-      R- 
^''^'  '""^'''-cst  of  the  lonH        X       '"  T""'"'  '^""^''  ^^''^  '-r 

;X--..<-hiHo;;r:-^^ 

-'"t'-nneinafciou?     Vo        V  "^"'''''"'  "^'^  '- 
^''Tow  was  deepest   when  « II  "  '''""'■''  ''o'"- «I«m. 

'"•^••-'- '4icamt:  ^  "S  ;r 'f  :^^  ^'''•' -''- 

7'^  ''^  -'P  the  o.,oom,  j,.st  then  t^  V      7  ^'^^'^  """'^  '''"« 

'''•''^'-^«nHrheart,Ll       ,t:r"^ 
..  ^f-'X  who  had  ^on,  ;     ;''    ;'r*""''^'  '"'^''•>'- 
''•''^''''^«^tth.ldowni       s    ,        '^'''^'^'•^'""•1  reeeived  his 

'^'■ll'.s  death,  would  t  .7       "'-;•  "'"'  '"'  ''^  ''^-1  to 

'-you  if  it  waJn't  a    n       1  '""  ""■'"'"'  '  "'-•"'<'  I'-v 
-.vthur  that  you  wor"   1^'"  'r>'^^"^ '"M-.Mvi.'k.d 

"'»'^  Gad,"  or 'the  di vil^n     "T'  '''^'"''  ''''''  ^^'^^'^  --''s 
^' -  takin,,  :^'      :  ,:^r'' '.-^  ^^'-  -rst 


•li 


bad 


coujpany,  "0,4^, 


ft  tthil,.  when  he  stnn.i 


up  too  njucii." 


Und.'IrU    Uj 


on 


204 


w)  1,1.:  wKi, I.I 


CHAPTER  XXX fX. 


A    BUD   OF   riK  uJSE. 

Making  now,  deur  reader  I  a  very  long  leap,  we  take  our 
|H»sition  in  a  fur  (Jifferent  season,  and  a  lar  diflVrcnt  scene. 
\Vh  must  see  Mary's  lovely  boy  in  more  maturity  than  was 
Ins  wli.-n  last  we  beheld  him.     For  this,  we  |ni,ss  by  the  bah.- 
with  his  innocent  smiles,  and  his  brow  .so  ,,ure  and  promis- 
ing.    We  pass  by  the  boy  with   his  "  .satchel,  and  shiniiitr 
morning   lace,  cree|»ing  like  snail    nnwillingly   to  scho(;l  • 
We  pa.ss  by  his  frolic  and  his  fun— his  hoop,  his  top,  hi^ 
marbles,  and  his  kite.     We  pass  by  his  little  hopes,  and  his 
little  fears,  his  little  sieLne.s.ses,  and  his  little  sorrows.     Wt- 
I»ass  by  the  youth  with  his  dawning  hopes,  and  his  castles  in 
the  air.     We  pass  by  his  dreams  of  love,  and  of  power,  and 
of  glory,  and  of  gain.     We  pa.ss  by  his  attic  nights,  and  liis 
academic  shades,  of  which,  jierchance,  he  is  unwise  oiioii^'h 
to  bo  weary.     We  pa.ss  by  his  poems  and  plays  unnnishd, 
his  book.s,  his  lepers,  his  'uun  Is,  and  the  rest.     Babyhood, 
boyhood,  and  youth— we  ]>u:,»  hy  them  all,  and  coming  willi 
a  rush  down  the  telegraph  ul  thought,  we  behold  Charles 
Henry  Fitzmaurice  in  all  the  promise,  and  beauty,  and  worth 
wherewith  he  was  arrayed  in  his  .sevente(  nth  year. 

For  your  sake,  not  our  own,  friend  !  ve  do  all  this.  'Tis 
not  our  wish  that  we  .so  rapidly  hurry  over  scenes  on  whiih 
we  would  love  to  de.scant.  But  since  you  are  satisfied,  m. 
are  we.  You  don't  like  to  read  long  novels,  you  tell  us : 
we  don't  like  to  write  them,  we  tell  you.  Anxious,  thcrt- 
fore,  to  bring  our  story  to  a  couclusion,  once  iJiore  we  pur- 
sue our  way. 


*    'Al.E. 


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:-">y  "  boy  a.  ev„    ,.,;;,      ''"•'■  :"'•  -^  >'^'-b  «...! 

'■'•"«•  «-«.  y.,,«  „^M„  -;!;"■■*  "-""^1' « "...„,..rv 

t"'^':^Jt:s::::r"""^™'''^^ ^ 

'"""«-i '■'■.',, -eta  li,,,    ; J:  ;J"; ";'""'«  '•••"  of  WkI. 
'■"•■"""  '■■•«*,  L„,i„,  Fr, I    u  ,        .  '"  "■'■"'•     "^'  '"" 

!>'■  W«..^'»„  ,V  ,,™,„,  „,.  ,,,„   ^  '  ■^"'-'  '«.r  f..||„,  i,  ,„ 
.  "  Well.  Omrte  n,,,„  ,..  „• ,  ,, 

>"'"^  «'m..d  „,«„  a,  lie  on'  :„;r: '™'  r"''''-^'""  '">"  '«■" 

«"j  *i  of  ti,..  fond  1,™ ;; "' ,  o*; ":"  r- '" "'» '-* 

.'■""III,  firet  winkinif  «t  I,;,  „„„,  '     •■"'''"■''  "'t'  I'lu^ful 

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Church  will  look  at  you  for  some  time  before  she  iulniits 
you  into  her  sanctuary.  But  really,  if  you  wouhl  only  jxjw- 
dcr  your  dark  locks  and  put  on  a  llonum  collar,  yuu  niij^ht 
show  gravity  enough  to  get  into  her  graces." 

"  Very  well,"  said  Cliarley,  "you'll  see."  Upon  that  point 
the  student  made  no  other  remark  than  merely  to  ol)serve  to 
his  uncle  that  it  was  time  enough  yet  to  think  al)Out  physic. 

Tea  over,  he  went  to  his  mothei-'s  piano,  and  very  soon 
showed  that  he  could  make  it  discourse  sweet  music.  Hav- 
ing played  a  brilliant  gallop  he  commenced  singing,  to  an 
accompaniment,  a  song  with  sentiments  similar  to  those  of 
our  own  "  Sweet  Home,"  Of  course  he  was  inwardly  ap- 
plauded by  his  ardent  admirers.  Henry  looked  upon  him  as  a 
Professor.  Emma  looked  upon  him  as  a  charmer  who  would 
yet  be  coveted  by  many.  The  mother  exulted  in  her  trea- 
sure. Having  finished  the  fond  strain  that  told  of  the  rai>- 
tures  of  home,  the  performer  changed  his  note,  and  sang  a 
merry  roundelay  of  frolic  and  love,  that  made  two  laugh  ami 
one  weep.  But  the  singer  knew  little  of  what  heart-strings 
he  had  touched.  The  tear  that  he  drew,  however,  was  but 
transient.  Like  a  light  shadow  over  the  noonday  sun  it 
passed  away,  and  appeared  no  more. 

"There,"  said  the  young  gentleman,  "  Aunt  Emma,  how 
do  you  Like  that  ?" 

"  You  will  be  able  to  sing  mass  well,"  replied  she,  "  but 
I  have  ray  doubts  of  your  being  so  clever  in  performing  other 
duties  of  the  sacerdotal  office." 

"  Preaching,  I  supjwse,"  said  the  youth. 

His  aunt  said  :  "Perhaps  so." 

"  Well,  just  listen  now,"  said  he,  "  and  see  if  I  shall  not 
be  equally  comi)etent  in  that  way."  He  then  stood  up,  and 
declaimed,  with  all  the  necessary  action,  modulation,  anJ 
emphasis,  an  extract  from  one  of  the  French  i)reachers. 


^     TAI,  E 


Aunt  Emma,  how 


2()7 


"That's  all  very  exc..II,.„f  "  . 
•  •■"  "«as  ever  a  mcLert  oMol   '     """'  ^•»""'   """ 

'"7  ?  I'  i-  wi„.„  't, : :: '""',  ^"'-  »""■-'  -■»/o,.. 
'«■!'"■-  but  .„,•,„„„  i„  ,!,o  t:;:;"  ""■'"•-^•-'-.v,,,. 

»l";''our*Ivo.,arc  tl,o  victi,,,,  ",       ""  '""^""l^x  o[ 

>«c/;.sl,„c.s  „hi,..),  „,„,,  fi,.,,t  a,„  '  "  '"'  "'  "»  "'uv  is 
•^''We  tl,at  is  there,  beibre  t  w^  T'"'  '"  ''»'"'  I""''  "'<= 
«»"  J".-k  hou,  is  „;,  ,,"(1  °'""^™"''  '"  »«'l'.  Our 
'■»'■  'l.e  kiu,lr,,l  ..ouruer  '"  "'^  '"  ''-■'■  "^  "e  ougl.t! 

^0-"V;;':i'''Cc^^^^  "-"  "VO.  .„e  „.,„. 

'"^"■^  -ere  his,  she  felt  le','  ZuhT^"  ""  '""■'"■■<'  "'"" 
•-J  ""0  In-s  soul,  ihau  sh  do  i.^'  "■""  "■'"^•''  '-d  c- 
»'■«■>  no  shadcv  should  be    "  .i  '      r™"'"'  ""'^  "'onu.ut 

"1  "--nsin-ueof  iH.re    s  "v?.f™'  ''^""■'■"  ''"• 

"-■  "11  the  materials  of  hap  ,       "l     ^  '"'  •''"-' '««  around 

'"■■■'  ""  'I-  nmterials  of  mi  ""in     V'"'"'-'' ''"'  —I 
«««."  gleam  of  her  iov  ,,,,1  d  ,     '     '"  "''^  "'"'k',  liad 

f--u,d  be  meril\ttT^'t;^'''\-™»-.  '''.•" 
''«PI«as  that  even  the  highest  ni, ,.  '""  "  ■*'"'■"■»«■" 

"»Ai  affords,  is  „of  after  T'/,?"'"  "'"'''  ""'^  •^"■""go 
■Ti^-  not  .ouderfu       e,    ii^r  ;  ""r  "'""  ^^  -"""■*''• 


SO 


uiio' 


woe. 


'or 


W't'j  the  tincture  of  her 


har»l 


pifss 


268 


well!    w  e  l  1- ! 


"That  fairy  fcrin  is  ne'er  forgot 
Wliicli  first  love  tnicdl ; 
Still  it  linguriufj;  Imunta  the  groouest  spot 
Ou  Meaiory's  waste." 


CHAPTER    XL. 


MAKING    A    VOCATION. 

The  priiuMpfil  thing  that  now  occu}>ieu  the  family's  minds, 
«'as  the  future  destiny  of  Charles  Henry.  The  unele,  o:? 
was  before  intimated,  could  not  think  of  seeing  him  anything 
but  a  medical  doctor.  The  aunt's  only  wish  was  not  to 
liave  him  a  priest.  The  mother  said  nothing,  yet  hoi»e(l, 
with  all  her  heart,  that  neither  of  those  wishes  would  lie 
obtained.  Dr.  Mangan  had  frequently  endeavored  to  Iciini 
what  really  were  the  intentions  of  Charley  himself,  but 
Charley  ever  evaded,  to  the  best  of  his  j)0wer,  the  mu-le'h 
auxious  inquiries.  To  all  concerned,  however,  it  appeared, 
whether  reasonably  or  not,  that  the  young  gentleman  was  fur 
more  earnest  than  jocose  when  he  hinted  at  becoming  a  prie>* 

In  this  unsettled  state  of  affairs,  Mangan,  no  longer  ' 
to  overlook  the  matt^T,  and  determining  to  know  the  real 
intentions  of  his  nephew,  broached  the  business  hi  a  way 
that  showed  how  resolved  he  was  on  having  the  question 
for  ever  settled. 

"  Charles  Henry  I"  said  he,  "I  have  for  the  last  few 
months  cudeavored  to  know  exactly  what  you  intend  to  do 
with  yourself,  but  in  this  I  have  not  been  the  least  success- 
ful.    I  now  fairly  and  openly  ask  you  to  tell  me." 

"Really,  uncle  !  to  answer  so  grave  a  question  as  that,  I 
Bhould,  I  think,  be  allowed  a  httle  time." 


A    TALE . 


2G9 


i'ing  the  question 


patriarchal  life."  *=  '''  ^^^'^^•''^  ^^'t''  a 

"  Why,  uncle  V 

"13ocau.e  nothing    but  such  a  life  will   eu.hi 
carry  out  into  practice  desi.n.s  that  tl       ,  ^''"  ^^ 

to  maturity  '-•  *=         ^  ^*'^'  ^  ^o"fe^  '"  coining 

JlIW,  but  von  cnii'f-  fo,.  tl     ^  T  1  "»'^<^^th. 

tl^e  path  to  whiclfl  po    t"^u     L;'?"V""  '''  ''''^'  ^« 
this  matter  ?-  ^     '     ""^  ^^"  ^''V'  «o  silent  upon 

"I'o  tell  you  ca.ididly,  undo  '  I  nm    n-^ 
practising  medicine,  ns  I    un  to\  i  "'^  ''^^^''^'"«<^ 

either  way  I  con/Is.  k  ,        ^"'"   '^-     ^^^^^  ^'-^^^  ia 

^^  y,  i  coulees,  IS  marvellously  similar." 

Ai'eu  you  want  to  become  a  priest  V'' 
"W.ll  '     ""'^^  '"^'1'°^^^''  is  made  up  V" 

"  What  else  ?" 
"^o  doubt  of  it   undo  '  l,i,f  t  i 


270 


well!    w  e  l  l  ! 


"  Xor  litive  3'()ii  said  that  you  would  not." 
"  1  liiive  not  said  either  cue  thin^?  or  the  other." 
"  Very  well.     But  before  we  make  an  end  of  this  collo- 
quy, let  me  tell  you  a  story." 

"Go  on,  uncle  !  anything  but  salts  and  senna." 
"  I  once  had  a  companion  whose  name  was  Richard 
Evans.  When  he  was  about  seventeen  years  of  ago,  he 
took  a  notion  to  study  for  the  church.  I  have  said  nofu/n, 
but  to  speak  more  properly,  I  should  say  passion.  No  one 
could  seem  more  determined  than  he.  lie  entered  a  col- 
Icjjje,  and,  with  all  his  might  and  main,  ap{)lied  himself  to 
liis  studies.  For  six  years  he  gave  every  indication  that  he 
would  fully  accomi)lish  the  end  which  he  had  in  view.  Sud- 
denly, however,  to  every  one's  surprise  and  scandal,  he 
threw  away  his  gown,  and  led  to  the  altar  a  fair  young 
bride.  With  her  he  got  a  very  large  fortune,  one  that  in 
money  and  estate  together  amounted  to  a  sum  over  forty 
thousand  dollars." 

"Ilal  ha!  ha!"  roared  Charley,  as  loud  as  he  could, 
"  she  was  a  doubly  fair  young  lady,  and  he  was  a  doubly 
forhmate  young  man." 

"  Perhaps  you  will  not  think  so  when  I  tell  you  what  fol- 
lowed." 

"  Did  she  die  ?" 

"  Twcre  well  for  her  if  she  did,  but  such  was  not  the 
case." 

"  Well,  uncle  !  go  on.    'Tis  really  quite  interesting." 
"  Charley  !  I  assure  you  most  solemrdy,  that  in  twelve 
months  after  the  maiTiagc  Richard  was  in  jail." 
"  For  murder,  uncle  ?" 
"  No,  but  for  debt  I" 
"  Oh,  ay,  ay  !" 
"  'Tis  an  absolute  fact  1" 


■i   Talk 


271 


3IJ  you  what  fol- 


ch  was  not  I  lie 


"  Amlliow  ili(]  it  liiijipeii?" 

'■  liiVhard  became  so  dated  and  enlar-ed    tl,„t  l,„  e      , 
«;  pleasure,  iu  a„,tl,i,„  ,„„  l.or.se-n.ei,,./    J,    kent  „1    " 
""'"  five  tlioronjrh  l,re,l  ola.r-er.      H  f:,  7    ""  '"*' 

'-  ™.-..  Tiaj  W.S  w::;;"^-  ,„f  •"  r ;,z.:; 

e  n^quencoof  Ms  ^„,,„.  ,,e  ,,„  „„„  ,„j  .^^^  ,' 

--.a.inti:::dix:.t:rerr 

_  He  was  a  bad  subject  for  the  breviarv  " 
He  succeeded  at  Ieniftli_|ioiv  I  ,.,„■,■ 

-~ru..^ee,;be..s;::r^^^^^^^ 

;;  Law  ?    Oh  !  phv.ic  and  law  !" 

r  ■!,-,    ftiUUV    Hlln   success      }l<»    dmf     i;i-^ 

V  ery  bad  boy,  indeed  " 

'-;«..  t^  IZ^  '  ""■  ''™  '"^''  ■™"  «-W  >-e  so„,e 
"  Ho  was  in  the  workhouse  '" 

He  «-as  worse  off  tliau  I  faneietl  " 

'<  tn   his  poor  aiscon='n''ifi  rxiC-       r  1  . 

^        -i-xon.o.at. -t^ik..     I  gave  him  a  suit  of 


2T2 


v>  i:  I.  I,  !     W  K  L  I.  I 


clothes,  and   slmucd  him  that  smislmic   whi.h   ho  h;„| 
seen  for  weeks.     But  what  followed  v     Tl 
he  was  found  in  one  of  the  .u-utters  of  tl 
I'roni  his  body,  his  face  hacked  all 


IK. 


10  same  evciiin 


It'  street,  his  coat  t 


erii 


over,  and  himself  j,s  drunk 


as   IJacehus.     But  why  do  I  pursue  the  horribl 


Think  of  it 


Charley,  and  beware 


hi 


storv 


}> 


Ah,  aunt,  is  that  you  ?"  cried  the  nephew  as  Emma 


tcred  the  room.     "  Uncle  has  just  been  tell 


on- 


„        -...ing  me  a  very 

melancholy  story.     I  wish  that  you  heard  it.'' 
"  What  about  ?"  asked  she. 
"  411  about  a  fortunate,  and  unfortunate  vonn-  man  who 

"  Well,  that's  the  way  that  yourself  will  ?,e  doin..  one  of 
these  days.  That's  the  way  that  Uiost  of  them  do/'  replied 
Jim  ma.  ^ 

"Yes,  everyone,"  said  Charley,  "must  ^t  married  in 
some  sense  or  other.  'Tis  not  ^^ood  to  be  alone.  If  I  don't 
get  mamed  to  the  church,  which  my  uncle  seems  to  fear  I 
will,  I'll  get  married  to  some  younger  though  not  so  fair  a 
huly  ;  and  if  I  don't  happen  to  <ret  married  to  some  voiinr. 
lady-which  I  did  not  say  I  would  not-ni  assuredly  -o't 
married  to  the  church." 

"That's  queer  logic,  Chariey  !"  said  Emma. 
"  First-rate,  aunt  I  Married,  I  say,  I  must  be  in  some 
way  or  other.  I  hate  old  bachelors,  as  I  hate  old  miids 
Let  every  man,  inclined  to  a  single  life,  be  a  priest,  or  a 
monk  ;  and  let  every  woman,  similariy  inclined,  be  a  nun 
or  a  sister.  'Tis  sinful  to  be  alone.  'Tis  sinful  to  be  in  the 
worid  and  not  in  the  worid  at  the  same  time.  I  don't  ad- 
mire those  halfway  houses.  Marriage  with  either  the  church 
or  the  state — no  alternative." 

"  That's  heresy,  I  think,"  observed  Emma. 


A    T  A  [,  K 


273 


;;ni.mk«>,,„o,..e,,i,„,,,,,,„^,., 

And  don't  jou  think   that  wh-.f  r 

-•■  iiiiiik,  au:it  f  n^  f;.,.,         ■  *       nut. 

«.o.  Cut,.,,,.  „;!'::'„::  r^:  ■".->•  f  - 1  «i»k-o  aw„i,e 

ek.."  '"•     ^'  "»«  I'l^y  of  me,  and  „otl,i,„. 

"  Well,  dear  little  aunt  I  n,n  r>]    • 

.v»"  n^o  we  will  fi„i»,,  it :;,;  z! '"-  ''"■ """  "-•-  -f 

to-night."  "  l''-'^'  ''^  g»"«  to  tlie  ojKTa 

"f  rnusie  will  bri,,,;  o„  Z,   t^  ^T^'  "  """  y<""'  '"vo 

"  Q^        u    ,    "^  -  ^^  thousand  dollars" 

^^  feo  much  the  better,  aunt  I" 

*'  I  mean  that  it  will  prevent  vnn  r... 
ri^^^J  to  the  church."  ^      ^''^  '^'^  getting  mar- 

''  How  will  music  do  that  ?" 

"  I>y  g-ettiiig  you  married   to   n    f<.„f     n 
iieir."  ^°  ^   ^ortj  thousand   dollar 

"  I  don't  understand  you." 
"  Well,  I'll  explain.     Musinl  onri         ^-    , 
«'«•«,.  heard,  „.^  ,ad  eandXtt  tiirt^'  ""'^'  '  ''"" 


fl 


12'" 


fhood 


2'»4  wr:i,L!    w  i:  r,  i,  I 

"  Coarse  wjiro,  tlicn,  nml  not  fiiio,  is  tlio  miitcriul  for  the 
6;i:K'tij:iry.  Musical  siiid  poL'tical  souls  are  bad  nindidatcs 
for  the  lu-iesthood  1  Who  says  this?  Sonic  fox  lookiii- 
at  sour  grapes,  I  fancy.  Do  you  renicniljcr  what  Shak- 
spcarc  says  about  those  who  have  no  music  in  their  souls  ? 
You  don't.  Well,  they  are,  he  tells  us,  fit  for  every  thin- 
but  t'ue  priesthood." 

"  (Jo  on." 

"  Were  not  the  prophets  very  good  priests,  aunt  9" 

"  Ivvcellent." 

"  They  were  poets.  They  had  music  in  their  souls.  Was 
not  the  author  of  the  Apocalypse  a  very  fit  jn-iest?" 

"  lie  certainly  was." 

"Ami  he  was  not  a  bad  specimen  of  the  priestly  clinrac- 
ter.  What  do  you  think,  aunt,  of  the  poetry  of  the  '  Te 
Deura,'  composed  by  St.  Ambrose  and  St.  Augustine  ?" 

"  Oh,  Charles  Henry,  I'm  beaten,  I'm  beaten  !" 

"  Well,  aunt,  really  I  would  be  sorry  to  heat  you.  How- 
ever, I  have  now  '  said  my  say.'  All  I  have  to  say  in  addi- 
tion is  that  we  go  to  the  opera  to-night,  and  don't  you  say, 
that,  though  my  musical  tendencies  are  good  proofs  of  a 
vocation  to  the  church,  I  am,  therefore,  going  to  bind  my- 
self to  the  '  Office'  all  my  life.  Hush  I  there  is  music  now. 
Aunt  P^mma." 

"  Yes,  some  of  your  favorite  jarmony— hurdy  gurdy 
melody." 

"Will  I  call  him  in?" 

"  Oh,  Charles  Henry  !  he'll  fri^liten  the  children  out  of 
tlieir  wits." 

"  No,  he  won't.  I'll  call  him.  Will  1  not  ?  0  yes,  and 
we'll  have  some  sport.     I  say.  Musician  !  come  this  way." 

"Well,  well,  well  I  I  thought  that  you  were  fond  of  the 
beautiful  but  now  T  think  differently." 


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275 


jhildrcn  ont  of 


"Am  r  not  fond  of  y,>u,  „„„t?  un^j  jf^^  ,,.^   . 
"";  a-s  enamored  of  tl.o  l>.,.niirul  a.  evor  "  ^ 

"  0  you  rogue,  you  !" 

into  praclioe."  "^  '''"■'^'  1'"' 

■•  01.  a,„ri,..,  ir,.,„.y  !  k  „,„k,.,  „  ,,„iy^  „„,,  „ 

It(loesnotplay.that,"s«i,lthenmn. 
__  i  l^iy  It  yoursolf,"  sufrgoslod  Cl.arley. 
i  cannot  myself,  Sifriiorc." 

Emma  lauglied  heartily,  a„,l  e.velaimed  :  "Wl.y  Clnrle» 
nry,    h„  ,„,,,„„,„j  ,.,  „      „  ^^^,  J.  Chart  s 

^•ou„t,-y,„o„  enough  who  can  fake  h^  pa  tndT  /,.„;'" 
-■m  day.  before  I  hear  .some  of  their  i.'mi.'ab    e.,,,c tul " 

walrfr"'''T"°  '"™  ''^f"^""  Carley  permitted  the 
«  anderer  to  go  on  h,s  way.  At  length  he  gave  him  a  couple 
of  francs,  and  sent  him  off  rejoieing.  ^ 


'I 


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CHAPTER    XLI. 

SUnOKX    NKWS. 

"Din  yoa  cvor,"  sai.l  Kmn.ii  to  Marj,  ns  tlu-y  sat  tl,.r,.. 
■''olves  down  in  anotlirr  app.utnH.nt,  "  ,\U\  yon  .v.-r  k.u.v 
a'0-l.o.ly_so  i.n.s,sionat..Iy  fond  of  ...usic  as  Charles  IKarv  v" 
Jlc  IS  Yt'ry  fond  of  it  indmj." 

S?\7 •'''''^'  ^^"'^' ^  '  'H>,nn  to  n..!  HTfain  that  his 
tak  about   .o.ng  a  priest  >va.  nothing  bnt  moonshine." 
AN  hy,  Emma  ?" 

"  Take  my  word  for  it  that  his  real  desire  is  to  ho  a  tho- 
rou^h  mnsieian.  Did  you  not  hear  hi.n  hint  jnst  now  that 
twoMid  not  he  lon^r  in-fore  he  would  see  Italy  v" 

"  J  tliink  that  I  did." 
_''  Well,  as  sure  as  we  live,  that's  it.     Ife  he  a  priest ! 
^^  hy,  Mary,  he  has  too  mueh  fun  in  him  to  think  se'-iou.iy 

While  mother  and  aunt  were  diseussin-,  this  question-^ 
stdl  a  dark  one  to  all  the  household-Charley  made  his  a,>- 
pearanee  before  them      "  Well  n,„,f  »  n..  ^ 

opera  to-night  !"  '  '  '''  ^''"  ^''"'^  ^^  ^''^' 

"I  am  afraid,  Charles  Henry,  that  the  opera  is  a  dan- 
gerous thing  to  young  chickens  in  divinity  » 

"  How  so,  aunt  ?" 

"Fluttering  fans,  ray  boy,  are  rather  captious  things  " 
takin!  "^  ''"'^^"''  '""'  ^  ^""""°  ^'^'^^  ^''  "«t  h^If  so 

;;  Why,  Charles  Henry  I  Why,  Charles  Henry  I" 
Why,  Aunt  Emma  I  Why,  Aunt  Emma  1" 

ilere  Dr.  Mangan  presented  himself. 


■A    T  U.  F  . 


>-  I  « 


►pera  is  a  dau- 


*     'I"     'iiii tcniiL'"    filing  V"    ;.      •      . 
Cln.rlry.  ^    '"'" '      ""l""''.!     the     ph.j  <u| 

■'  i^aiiiicnnis  or  nof  "  ^.i  i    . 

"TluTc  now,  aunt  I" 

;;^y^v,  vvlmtln.s' aunt  MK-OMsnv.VV'' ,,.,,,!  H      , 
^^''^'  Huys  (hut  the  o,,.ra  is  a  vrVv   I  "  ''"'■^'"'- 

"i'"»  tl.at  head,  but  rene-ited  hl«  i  i       •     '"''''"'  '"^   """'« 
J><'rrorman,.e.  ^        ^  '"'  ^^'^^''•"'""•tion  to  go  to  the 

"%  iin'nd  is  rnadeup,"  rom-.rl-,.,i  r-i     , 
<-  \r.,  I         ^       .         '  '    '^'"'''Kt'd  (  ha-  ('V. 

'■  To  ,i,e  op,™"'      ^    "''"'  ''""«""• 

; ;  I  «isl,  it  wcro  „,„de  up  to  .something  „,or,.  " 

"  Which  way  ?" 

"The  hi^-hwav  of  tr^iv,.]      T' 

of  .1.0  Con, ,   „  '  ;        ^^'■'-  :'"  ''-•  ""•  "".*.,.„„,:„ 

"  Charles  Henrv  f"  p.-;^^  <^i 

^  *    "^'^^^  ^''«  aunt,  "  Charles  Henrv  I" 


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well!    w  k  \.  L  ! 


"  Well,  aunt !"  said  ho  retnrninj^. 

"  Tak<'  can;  tliat  the  JJishop  docs  not  moot  you." 

"  Oil,  1  don't  want  to  see  his  Lordsliip  until  I'm  going  to 
get  married.     Good  bye." 

"  Now  I  Hke  that,"  observed  the  doetor,  after  Charley  took 
liis  leave.  "  He  is  all  right.  What  I  said  to  him  has  had, 
I  tliink,  a  very  salutary  effect." 

"  What  do  you  mean,  Henry  I"  asked  the  mother. 

"I  told  him  a  story  which  was  well  calculated  to  put  the 
priesthood  out  of  his  mind." 

"  lie  has  not,  and  never  had  the  slightest  notion  of  the 
kind,"  remarked  Emma. 

"  Mury,  what  think  you  ?"  inquired  the  brother. 

"  I  don't  know  1" 

"  Like  too  many  mothers,  of  course  you  would  wish  to 
have  him  a  priest." 

"  I  would  bless  God,  if  he  were  !" 

"  I  knew  it.  Well,  well,  what  folly  !  now  Mary,  just 
listen  to  me  a  moment.  Supposing  that  you  advise  your  son 
to  such  a  course,  and  supposing,  that  in  consequence  of  your 
counsel  rather  than  any  real  wish  on  his  own  part,  he  actu- 
ally enters  into  holy  orders,  what  do  you  think  would  be 
the  result  ?» 

"  But  if " 

"O  yes— but  if,  but  if—.  Mary,  let  me  tell. you  the 
result — most  likely  a  Luther,  or  a  Talleyrand  I" 

"  Heaven  forbid  1" 

"  Amen,  soy  I.  But  in  God's  name,  have  we  not  priests 
enough,  as  it  is  ?  Here  in  France  we  have  as  many  as  you 
;an  shake  a  stick  at,  as  they  say  in  Ireland  ;  and  in  Rome 
t,'(i  have,  I  am  told,  friars  of  every  color,  and  seculars  to  no 
ind." 

"But  if  Charles  Henry  hag  really  a  vocation  for  the 


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210 


ation  for  the 


priestl.ood,  Ilonrj,  would  it  not  be  drcadfullv  .infnl  fn      f 

J""»  into  a  different  splu-re  V"  ^  ^'"^ 

"  That's  the  question  to  be  j.roved,  and  since  it  is  nnf 

P-ed,  we  are   bound  to  do  i.r  hi.  what T:  tZ^t 

self'  Herrv'  'T  ''"  ''  '''''''''     ^'^"  ^^^  ^^^'^  to  your- 
self, Henry,  and  you  acted  very  well  " 

.  ''  Yes,  but  I  had  no  adviser.     He  has.     Leave  him  to 

"  VVIiat  do  yon  mean  ?" 

"  Si.pi.osi„g  CLnrioy  were  fo  beeome  a  Jesuit  would  l,e 

r  '^■"'•^  y-  *°  >■«--"•  ?    Ue  certainly  woul  I,™    1,  „ 

or  you,  he  would  be  a.s  if  he  wore  „ot.    Who  "owa     „t 

"ira.     innik  of  that,  and  be  ha})py  " 

The  conversation  was  here  interrupted  by  the  arrival  of  a 
letter  winch  a  servant  had  just  handed  in 

__  1  es,    sa,d  Henry,  who  knew  it  by  the  post  marks. 

^  Oh,  do  let  me  see  it,"  cried  Emma. 

"  Wait  a  moment,  and  I'll  read  it  for  you  " 

Henry  opened  the  letter  and  read  : 

*'  My  Dear  Children  : 

"I  am  going  to  see  you  very  soon.     You  are  not  more 
anxious  for  my  coming  than  I  .n,rs 


for  my 


)■  gUHi^. 


I  k 


now 


280 


well!   well! 


tluat  I  have  froqucntly  promisod  to  visit  yon,  hut  jilways  dis- 
appointed.   Want  of  liberty  was,  and  is  my  ajwlo^rv.   'j[(,\v- 
evor,  1  am  now  comi>arativ(>ly  free.     I  haVo  lately  jjot  i„r 
George  a  commission  in   the  army,  and  J  have,  therelbi-o, 
nothing  to  prevent  me  from  gratifyin<j:  that  desire  which  I 
have  long  cherished,  viz.,  of  kissing  my  peis.     I  cannot, 
liowever,  say  that  I  can  conveniently  leave  before  the  end' 
of  three  months.     I  have  some  bnsiness  to  settle  which  I 
must  not  overlook.    In  the  mean  time,  Henry's  i)resence  here, 
if  it  be  possible,  is  a  thing  with  which  I  cannot  dispense.    I 
would  wish  him  to  come  on  immediately,  as  upon  his  comin<r 
will  greatly  depend  my  quicker  departure  for  France.     The 
business  is  interesting  to  himself, 

"  I  could  not  die  happily  without  seeing  you  all. 

"  My  dear  Mary,  Henry,  and  Emma,  adieu. 

•'  Allkx  M'Dougald." 

The  news  which  the  epistle  conveyed  filled  the  two  ladies 
with  mingled  feelings  of  sorrow  and  jov.  The  thought  of 
seeing  Dr.  M'Dougald  was  really  delightful,  but  the  thoutrht 
of  losing  even  for  a  while  both  Henry  and  his  nephew,  was 
painful  in  the  extreme.  Indeotl  the  sorrow,  on  the  present 
occasion,  might  truthfully  be  said  to  be  in  far  greater  mea- 
sure than  the  joy.  Though  Dr.  IM'Dougald's  freedom  was 
now  fairly  acknowledged,  nevertheless  it  was  everything  but 
certain  that  his  last  promise  would  be  a  bit  better  perfonned 
than  his  former  ones.  Might  lie  not  prove  delinquent 
again  ?  On  the  other  hand,  if  Henry  should  go,  and  u-o  no 
doubt  he  would,  what  a  lonely,  loathsome  house  would  Dr. 
Mangan's  be  I 

Perceiving  what  an  effect  the  letter  had  produced,  the 
doctor  had  nothing  else  to  do  than  scatter  from  the  ladies' 
Lrinds,  as  best  he  could,  the  shadow  of  the  moment.    Accord- 


,  but  always  dis- 
ai)olo^'-y.  Jl(,\v- 
'i  lately  got  Ibr 
liavo,  tlicrcforo, 

desire  which  I 
pels.     I  cannot, 

before  the  end 
I  settle  which  I 
's  presence  here, 
not  dispense.  1 
ipon  his  eomint,' 
r  France.     The 

ou  all. 

'U.  . 

M'DOUGALD." 

1  the  two  ladies 
'he  thoiifrht  of 
mt  the  thought 
lis  nephew,  was 
on  the  present 
r  p:reater  niea- 
s  freedom  was 
everythint,^  but 
itter  performed 
3ve  delinquent 
go,  and  go  no 
mse  would  Dr. 

produced,  the 
i'om  the  ladies' 
(lent.    Accord- 


A   T  ^  r.  E 


28] 


'"^'Jy,  ho  told   tliem   that  nroh.l.T        , 

Wliut  makes  you  Ifx*  so  rI„o„iv  aiiMt?     r    •.  , 

»»  S.'olla,„l  i„  ,|,e  „.oW.l  "  '    '""*''  ■''"''  "  I*'™ 

K"."„"  to  a  ,rou„d  s    ^civ  ^   ;::'  '"""  "•°""'"-  '"'»■ 
to  ariv  OTIC  ^'         '  ''""*  "  "loniuufs  ,,ain 

-^'-rr^r:^::'; --■■-■-■- • 

n<'ss  ?    Yes      Tr.„.,..,i,"  „  ''''■""  "*■•'>■  y""'  -^"il- 

of  wa,,a:;Ju  In;:::;:?"".:'''  *r' '-  '"•■  '-•• 

»-l  it«  l.eatl,or  hill  1,,     "  ''/r  ■' '^  T""'''"^  '">''' 

»■  I  'ioa-t  love  sLCi""  ;.;;,:■  „:;-;,"^""^  ■»-»'■  - 

«"-^  «P  "."in,  an,,  ,K.rfonnc^      ,'    H  ^.t":  "''r;'''-'' 
n;or  as  to  fiillv  nrennre  n,„  "  '  *■""''   '"'• 

"■I"eh  l,e  was  aCo     \      '"'"■"■"' ""^  «"l«".".io,. 
"n„,T.,l    "'"'""""  *»  ■»*'■,  "Tul  made  as  lie  e„de,l  ■ 
lu, .  1^     e  ope,.ato.„i,l,t  -    „,„.,,,„,  too,  J  ,1  "     i 


382 


well!     WliLL 


CHAPTER   XLIL 


LONOLVGS, 

Wjirx  the  near  and  dear  dei)art,  what  a  terrl])]e  dreariness 
monies  on  !  'Tis  a  lonely  night,  that  to  which  the  reader  is 
now  introduced.  Four  weeks  aj?o  this  eveninn;,  Henry  and 
his  wife,  Mary  and  her  son,  had  at  the  opera  as  sweet  a 
feast  of  sonjr  as  ever  regaled  the  ear.  To-night,  Mary  and 
Emma  are  alone.  Henry  and  Charley  are  far  awav— the 
former  hurrving  to  Glasgow  on  l)usiness  unknown— the  lat- 
ter hastening,  no  one  knows  whither,  to  listen  to  the  melo- 
dies of  Euroi)e's  master  minds. 

In  Dr.  Mangan's  house  it  is  truly  a  lonely  hour.     Four 
bleak  walls  surrounding  the  inmates,  walls  stHl  and  gloomy 
as  the  grave— horrific— white  blinds  in  the  windows,  like 
shrouds,  swaying  to  and  fro  to  the  ghostly  wind,  so  noise- 
lessly, so    dismally,  that  shapes  from  the  spirit-land  itself 
would   not   be   half  so   s{>t.etral— black   sofas   and   black 
chairs,  all  funereal,  and  fearful,  and  forbidding  ;  and  then, 
oh^ !  tlien  the  silent  hearts  within,  stiller  far  than  the  still 
grim  walls  and  furnituue ;  and  then  the  shadowy  thoughts 
sweeping  and  saddening  them,  and  the  blackness,  the  moon- 
less midnight  gloom  arising  out  of  all  combined— who,  who 
shall  describe  them  half? 

^  Is  there  nothing  that  will  come  to  cheer  the  solitude  ? 
Yes— what  is  that  which  has  just  passingly  dimmed  the 
light  of  their  candle  ?  Ha  !  there  it  goes  again.  'Tis  the 
night-fly,  the  moth— a  lonely  companion  truly  I  Yet  wel- 
come to  their  room,  0  fly  !  You  love,  it  seems,  the  ghtter 
and  the  glare,  but  know,  0  fly,  that  the  glitter  and  the 
glare  would  be  better  by  far,  were  they  less  lovely  than 


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283 


errihle  dronriiicss 
licli  tlie  reader  is 
nifif]:,  Henry  and 
pcra  as  sweet  a 
niglit,  Mary  and 
'i  far  away — tlic 
known — the  lat- 
iten  to  the  nielo- 

ely  hour.     Four 
still  and  f!:looniy 
le  windows,  like 
7  wind,  so  r.oise- 
4»irit-land  itself 
ofas   and   black 
ling ;  and  then, 
r  than  the  stij] 
adowy  thoug'hts 
:ness,  the  moon- 
ned — who,  who 

r  tlie  solitude? 
ly  dimmed  the 
^gain.  Tis  the 
ily  !  Yet  wel- 
ems,  the  ghtter 
flitter  and  the 
;ss  lovely  than 


111  i^ut  1    A»ey  have  you  no  loii.rp,.     rn, 

'behold  you  burned  to  a  ciiider  and  Iv  .       '^'  "'''" 

i-eward  of  nleas.m.   fi  '.  ^""''^  '^"'  ^''^^'  ^^^  the 

^  or  pleasure,  the  syi-en  I     ''^arewell  dead  flv  f    Ti 
are  alone  once  morfw-oi..n«      •      .,     '"' "^'^^  "7  '     ihoy 

"All   all  alono  in  their  oliainWnmv 
Ami  lliii  iiii,liii^,|,t  hour  ia  ncir 

And  the  («egot',  orai-l!,  ,^J  the' cUfa  .lull  tick 
Axe  the  wrlj.  ,„u„a,  „,„j.  ,,^,,^  „  ''*. 

ire    or  "     """  ''""'■  "''^"  '^''"'-  """■■y  wcl.l  brin. 

l-moUnoss"'  ""'  ^■°"  ""■■"  ""=  ''"'"'S  ""'"^o  of 

''  Were  you  as  lonely  „s  you  are  now '" 

.« 01.4, ,;  i:,  r  ""■»  ~  -  --K  ...I ... 

"  O  yes— but,  Mary . " 

"J2:::!^:^!^"!^^^^i^P-^^--er.     com. 


chocr  thee,  cliiJd,  and  lool, 


,  Emma, 
"P  lor  a  sunny  morrow.     Is  not 


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WELL  1     WELL  I 


11  'i 


youi*  father  to  be  here  in  three  mouths,  perliaps  sooner  ? 
Oh,  the  anticipation  of  the  hai)j)iness  which  this  blessed 
meeting  will  brin-  its,  lightens  my  heart  s<j  nnich  that  1  am 
buoyed  up  by  it  above  every  trial  that  can  come." 

"  1  would  that  it  were  morning,  Mary." 

"It  will  soon  be." 

In  this  way  did  those  lonely  ones  Uve  through  the  flrst 
dark  night  that  fell  ui)on  them  after  the  deixirturc  of  their 
friends.  It  was  useless  for  theni  to  think  of  retiring  to 
rt«t,  for  their  rest  was  gone.  They  wore  out  the  nigirt  in 
solitary  conversation  about  other  times  and  other  tilings 
and  thought  not  of  shx'p  untU  day  itself,  as  a  jwet  miol.i 
say,  "  looked  grieved  to  find  them  still  awake." 

For  them,  sadly  and  slowly  did  a  week  jxiss  by.  At  last 
a  letter  came  from  Henry,  and  upon  it^  heels,  another  from' 
Charley.     Blessed  visitants  ! 

"  Hoav'n  first  tmicrht  letters  for  some  wrotoii's  aid, 
Some  banished  lover,  or  some  captive  nii.id." 

To  more  than  banished  maids  and  captive  lovers,  are  let- 
ters delightful.  To  none  more  so  than  those  who  liave  just 
received  them. 

My  Dear  E.\nrA  and  Mary: 

Accordmg  to  promise  I  write  you  from  liere.  I  know 
how  anxious  you  are  to  hear  from  me,  and  therefore  I  take 
the  first  opportunity  of  sending  what  I  am  sure  will  be  the 
best  substitute  for  myself. 

Be  good  philosophers  till  I  return,  and  don't  be  so  foolish 
as  t«  thhik  you  are  unhappy.  Be  ye  assured,  that  what- 
ever pain  ye  may  now  experience,  is  a  very  s?mall  coin  indeed 
to  pm-chase  that  hapi)ineas  which  shall  be  yours  when  the 
old  doctor  and  myself  shall  greet  you.  Take  all  the  amuso 
ment  you  possibly  can,  and  drive  away  dull  care. 


\-:^:^ 


TALK. 


hs,  pfrluips  sooner  ? 
!  which  this  hh^ssed 
:  so  much  that  1  am 
L'lin  come." 

VQ  tlirongli  the  first 
e  doparturc  of  their 
liiiik  of  retiriiio-  to 
re  out  the  ni<rlit  in 
^  and  other  thiiiii-s, 
If,  as  a  iKjct  niio-Iit 
wake." 

:  l>a.ss  by.  At  hist, 
heels,  another  from 

etoli's  aid, 
iiii.id." 

tive  lovers,  are  h-t- 
hose  who  have  just 

Paru. 

•om  here.  I  know 
iid  therefore  I  take 
m  sure  will  be  the 

don't  be  so  foolish 
issured,  that  what- 
y  snnall  coin  indeed 
be  yours  when  the 
'ake  all  the  amuse- 
Jl  care. 


2S; 


a^^  eouid  be  eA|„..ted  ^^'       '"'  '"'  "°^"^^'^^^'^' 

*    ■  Hexiiy  M. 

IHu.  M„r„,„  ,,„  D„„  !.,„,,,  ^,,^  .        '"■"■'''"''■ 

i><>,  je  must  take  mv  advii...  .i,„i  ,11         .      ""'"""^-    '< 
si'i'y«  till  yc  l,n..,k  I  '    •^  l'on,|„,,o.s  and  stralh- 

.  h  «lue|,  I  daslied  a^.de  their  predecessor.     Music  itself 
.f  I  had  .UAen.  would  not  chase  ,„y  sorrow  betu-r  ' 

Here,  therefore,  from  this  beautiful  city  of  Marseilles 

»hall  make  th,s  letter  the  record.    If,  frou,  this  hour  forth 


286 


^  K  I-  1. 1    W  K  I,  I,  ! 


till  I  return  to  my  dear  mother,  and  n.y  little  sweet,  or  rather 
fiweet  httlc  aunt,  I  allow  one  sh.gle  shade  of  sorrow  to  dark- 
CM  my  brow,  then  in  the  words  of  the  Hebrew,  let  my  ton-ue 
cleave  to  my  jaws,  and  my  right  hand  forget  its  cunnin/ 

"  Hiirral)  for  the  bunnetH  so  blue !" 

Pardon  me,  and  don't  misconstrue  me.  In  the  eheer 
which  I  have  just  given,  I  had  no  reference  whatever  to 
your  honn.t..  If  yours  were  really  a  <' blue"  time,  n.v 
icarttel  cheer  in  the  above  line  might  be  considered  heart- 
less under  the  circun.stances,  but  as  'tis  no  such  thin-  i 
must  be  supposed  to  have  as  tender  a  heart  as  the  one  whid. 
1  brouglit  from  home. 

All  the  trouble  that  my  going  will  bring  vou,  is  that  I 
'    am  determined  to  talk  to  you  by  letter  from  abromi   fif,v 
times  as  much  per  day  as  I  talked  to  you  at  home  by  word 
of  month.     I  pity  you  for  this.     Adieu.  CiumFy 

P.  S.  I  have  a  task  for  Aunt  Emma.     Let  her  sit  down 
and  teach  little  Annie  to  spelI_nonorificabiIitudinatibus. 

C  11 
N.^  B    This  is  the  process  :  H,  o,  ]io~n,  o,  no-hono- 
r, .,  ri-honori-f,  i,  fi-honorifi-c,  a,  ca-honorifica-b  i 
b,     hononficabi-l,  i,  li-honorificabili-t,  u,  tu-hononfi! 
cnbd.tu-d,  i,  di~honorificabilitudi-n,  a,  na-honorifiea- 
bditudma~t,  i,  ti— honorificabilitudinati— b    u    s    bus 
honorificabiIitudinatiAM5.  '    ' 

C.  H. 


Then  give  her  a  buss  for  me. 


Letters  hke  these  coming  weekly,  as  they  did,  were  to 
Mary  and  Emma  the  best  substitutes  in  the  world  for  their 
wanderers.  The  last  received  afforded  conversation  and 
pleasure  enough  to  replenish  the  void  coming  between  them 
and  the  next  arrivals.     It  would  be  impossible  to  say  how 


It'swot't,  ornitlKT 
)f' sorrow  todark- 
L'w,  lot  my  toii<^-iio 
-'t  its  cunning. 


'.  In  the  c'licrr 
nee  whatever  to 
hlue"  time,  my 
onsiderod  heart- 
10  sueh  thiiio-,  I 
as  the  one  w  liich 

?  you,  b,  that  I 
>ni  abroad,  fiffv 
t  home  hy  word 

ClIARLKY. 

et  lier  sit  down 
iUtudinatibns. 

c.  ir. 

0,  no — hono— 
onorifica_b,  i, 

1,  tu — hoiiorifi- 
3a — honorifica- 
5,  u,  s,   bus — 


^    T  A  f,  K 


'S7 


Y  did,  were  to 
vorld  for  their 
versation  and 
between  them 
>Ie  to  say  how 


often  each  h'tter  was  re-irl      Ti,« 

■•"«T.s  lm,l,  l,cfo,-e  tlie  «■.,*  ox„:ro,l  1  '  '"'"'  '"- 

<'l'«W.y  a ,,  ,,,„(^  to  ,1 ;,        '       ^^'  "'""■"''^'  ''y  '■""■ 

'-""■i"..ti,at-,such:  oC '  ::  i^t"!^ r  "^ """"' 

""■■"  fo-Xct  their  lonoli  0  ■-'''''■''''''"' '"'"^''^'' 

"»  M-.S  were  I,„,,„ie         „  tit.        r'""'  ""  """""•  ""■"■ 

<'^at  Charley's  ortrani.t.  «-     .  '  """  '''^^  ^^'''t^'", 

.-". wo„.,„f„,r:a  0  '1 ;:;,:" i^r-"-  '^ --"^ 

i"  botl,  hearts  for  thme  .  ,    7  ^  '"■'■"  "-"K''"'!'''-"! 

•■•"nt  appeared  to  re.,rd  sth  ■"'"'''•     ''*'""'^''-  """ 

..0/' or  other  ..,ri;tt,:  w::r :„?"'■''■■'■'"■''''- 

P'Tsonage  „,„„e  his  appeara,,,;  -  p  7  ;^;'''''  "°  '""'' 
Mary  at  last  weary  of  i^  ti  !  - 1 1,  ^  f'  '''"'"''■"  '""^ 
l.»ve  an  departed  from  tht^e^intrvW, "'"!,""  '""'""^ 
;«-a.3,e  to  „s,  we  had  t,.:  e  i„  I-  '"^  "■"''  ,'"»• 
r[7  ''--^We,  we  see  not  a  solit    y  o  ;     '„";.T."',! 

-cldeniy  there  was  heat  old  nTfrr  ^Tf  '"  'If  "'• ' 
".".sic  whieh  they  so  anxiously  awai  e  t  . "''  '"^ 
organist  stood  in  front  of  t  e  Ions         ,      """  """"'  *''« 

same  excl! 


f) 


stion. 


ti  IS,    said  she,  "it  is.     0 


Emma  I 


288 


W  K  L  L  !     W  K  I,  L  J 


I  Will  ciill  liini  in,  and  irvnt  liim  wrlj   U,v  i„v  .Imr  chiM's 
S;ikL'." 

"J>(»,  (l(),"cTitd  the  dcliglitul  aunt. 

The  man  was  soon  in,  and  the  oruan  was  as  soon  in  fall 
Mvelh  Zounds,  what  an  uproar  !  Kn.nia's  little  ones  wcr. 
as  well  pleased  as  the  rest.  They  stood  around  the  playei 
and  kc|.t  i„.(.i,iM-  inio  the  instrument  with  as  mueh  earn- 
estuesK  as  if  they  would  leai-n  all  the  sc-erets  of  its  ma- 
chinery. 

"I'luy  the  Marseilles  Hymn,"  cried  Mary  and   Ennua 
almost  in  the  same  breath. 
"  And  sing,"  suggested  Mary. 

The  stranger  bowed,  and  complied  with  the  double  re- 
q»iost.  He  was  not  the  best  singer  in  the  world,  but  that 
cn-eumstance  did  not  prevent  the  fair  listeners,  when  he  had 
finished,  from  asking  him  to  begin  Da  Capo.  The  strain 
was  all  too  short  for  the  overfond  ladies.  Again  and  agaia 
It  had  to  be  repeated,  till  at  length  the  w^ary  songster  was 
as  hoarse  as  if  he  had  suddenly  caught  a  bad  cold. 

It  was  with  reluctance  that  they  suffered  him  to  leave  the 
house.  At  length,  they  let  iiiiu  go  rejoicing.  Before  doin- 
so,  however,  they  feasted  Iiim  well,  and  gave  him  more  sou« 
than  he  made  for  the  rest  of  the  evening. 

"  I  would  like  to  know,"  said  Mary,  as  soon  as  the  i)laver 
retired,  "  the  history  of  that  poor  fellow." 
"  It  might  be  interesting,"  remarked  Emma. 
"Depend  upon  it  that  it  would  afford  matter  enough  for 
a  novel." 

"  I  should  not  be  surprised." 

"  Perhaps,  Emma,  he  was  well  brought  uji— that  he  had 
in  early  life  as  bright  prospects  as  any  one— and  that  lio 
had  a  perfect  horror  of  what  now  gives  him  a  living." 

"  Yes,  Mary  !  he  was  polite  and  graceful." 


I'f  illy  (litir  I'liilil's 


*    lAlE. 


Uiiry  ami  Eniiiiii 


>on  as  the  player 


289 


"  If  so,  wliat  a  dianffe  I    r -^  ^^^ 

'"■;;  ^o,„e„,i„,,  „f ,  .^  ,^  ''  ■'«^o„y  n,u  i  m  „ot  ...k 
'"•"  •'"ymoe  like  o„-„;    ,  oiT'  "?•■*"■■  "  ""•»  «fe  ha. 

'•"•''■"  ^  "■    -^  ''"i*  "'at  l,e  will  eome 

"■;0n„„  K„™a  an  tl ':::?.  rT^'^"'  "'"  "--  of 

f"o"  with  wbioh  its  su  et  -a  "'  ""'''""■""  ""y- 
h-^  nno  is  darkness,  if  We  «,'  s?"!  T""'^'^  ^""""■"■■l ' 
h'  ■«  Pleasnre,  and  pleasu,!.^^  '  *"*"<'^«  ''«  «"".slm,e- 
^-V  that  re.ind^rra;:-:,^-^'.ht,  too,  are 


IS 


290 


well!   w  f  l  l  I 


CIlAI'lfiR  XLIir. 


1    HAKI'KR. 

Two  inontlis  had  pa^.m'd  siiico  Henry's  departure  un, : 
bo*B^.  and  three  since  that  of  CiWirley.  A  letter  ju>t  iv. 
ceived  from  the  former  announced  the  pleasing  inteilif,n'iirr 
that  in  about  a  fortnight  his  return  might  be  looked  f(.r. 

The  wandering  wight,  mentioned  in  the  foregoing eluii)t(r, 
was  in  the  mean  time  expected  by  Mary  and  Ennua,  but  tin' 
wandering  wight  liad  not  as  yet  aj)peared. 

Was  he  not  well  treated  ?  Was  he  not  treated  by  tli(  tn 
better  than  he  was  treated  by  anybody  else  ?  It  was 
strange  that  he  woiild  not  come.  And  if  not  he,  why  cam.' 
not  some  other  of  his  kind  ?  These  were  questions  whidi 
were  to  our  fair  friends  a  regular  puzzle. 

The  author  of  the  story  has  only  to  say  in  exi)lanatin!i, 
that  the  artist  very  probably  absented  himself  in  the  fear 
that  they  might  put  him  through  an  ordeal  similar  to  that 
through  which  they  had  previously  put  him.  Whatevd' 
detained  him,  he  was,  as  far  as  they  were  concerned,  and  to 
all  intents  and  purposes, 

"  Like  tlie  lost  Pleiad,  seen  no  more  below." 

He  never  returned. 

Since  the  arrival  of  Henry's  last  letter,  Emma  indeed  iiad 
beconjf  more  indifferent  to  the  coming  of  the  minstrel.  Ht 
better  part's  near  approach  had  absorbed  all  smaller  likin- 
Mary,  still  dreaming  of  her  charming  son,  continued  a : 
anxiously  as  ever  to  look  for  that  which,  as  it  seemi  .'J 
her,  half  brought  that  son  home.  Her  thoughts,  therefore 
Btill  lingered  around  the  musician. 


"I] 
<lirectl 

':-on 


receivii 
the  str( 


How  sluujy  the  .J..v«   J 


I. 


ry's  departure  noi,: 
".  A  letter  just  iv  . 
)leasing  intellif^enr, 
it  he  looked  f<tr. 
c  foregoing  eliaptd', 
and  Eniniu,  but  thr 
d. 

lot  treated  by  tlicru 
idy  else  ?  It  ^vil^ 
I'not  he,  wliy  ciiiiic 
re  questions  wliidi 

say  in  explanation, 
limself  ill  the  IVar 
leal  similar  to  that 
t  him.  Wiiatcvtr 
I  concerned,  and  to 

5  below." 

Era  ma  indeed  lim 
the  minstrel.    H( 
all  smaller  likii".' 
son,   continued  a  ") 
I,  as  it  seemi 
loughts,  therefore, 


291 

indeed  in 


^•«"''«-..y,  K.v;,,,,.,,;;;  "'Z'"';    ^''•'"■11  ".  ,„  in.lc.,.,!  i, 
"■"•y  !.....,•  I,„,  .si.v,,.  ,„i„„  :'"-^  ""y  ""•■'  •»e„lv.f„„r  ,,„„,,  . 

"■;"!■'■;' '  r,,,.,,  i:::i ::  .r::'^-  ',"•'■' ■ '-"-.' 

<"<-y't  of  ,..v,„.,,,.,io„  u  i,r      ''    '  "'■'>' "'•••I'"'' 

""".  *i'.  like  tl,o  .sev,.„  sl,,.n,    '        •     ,"'"■ '"""  "''  ''■M^.,.. 

•^illl    1.S  (  rau-.r  M,r  nil   *l         I 

i™cc_,vst-.a.,o,|,,,.  !,(,:/'• 

"';;"-  .<o,„c.  ti,„„  in  „,e ;:;;',  |"""'^'^-  """"=  i.. ..  w„,k ,' 

"•«'■"«.  "..d  let  ,),„.s„  dr  ,  Lent  "'  """'' '""  ^""  i"<o 

""y  of  ^our  ,v,„c.lu„..  i.s  ovi"   ""'"'  ^•'"'  «"  "'-^  l"»t  long 

""'d  out  ,0  Mury,  who  i    /,"""'"'' "^  "»  parlo,. 

bee  l,„u  over  the  way  f l,„rn    ' „    ,   "  "'""""'  «o.,ian. 
"  Is  it  not  sweet  P,nl    ,      .'     ""'^''-listen  I" 

dlroetly,-  '^'"'^""°'''"'»'»ilico„>eo..r,I„-.„,^ 

'^^  --et  and  tuned  hi.  ha^  f^:  ^  , t"" "l'"-^^''  ""- 


292 


W  E  L  L  I     well! 


m 


"  What's  that,  Emma?  As  I  breathe,  it  Is  an  Irish 
iL(.-lo(iy.     'Tis— 'tis.    Oh,  'tis  '  Aik^en  Aroon  '~0  Emma  !" 

•'  What's  the  matter,  Mary  ?— Mary  !  what's  the  mat- 
ter ?" 

Mary  was  quite  famt  and  overcome,  but  she  was  so  only 
a  moment. 

"  You  look  sick  or  sad,"  observed  Emma  ;  "  does  a  song 
of  liome  make  you  so  melancholy  ?" 

Mary,  who  felt— *he  knew  not  what— rallied  herself  as 
well  as  she  could,  then  throwing  some  silver  to  the  minstrel, 
and  marking  him  fully,  yet  hurriedly,  loft  the  parlor  in  haste! 
Emma,  though  loth  to  leave  such  music,  immetliat<!ly  fol- 
lowed her,  and  found  her  roohning  quite  weak  u^wn  a  sofa. 
"  Mary,"  said  she,  "  are  you  sick  ?" 

"  No,  Emma  dear— a  little  weak  only.     Is  he  gone  ?" 

"  1  suppose  that  he  Is  by  this." 

"  Emma  1  I  thmk— Go  to  the  parlor,  Emma,  and  if  he 
be  not  gone,  see  if  he  speaks  Enghsh." 

Tlie  hari)er  had  already  turned  a  corner,  and  of  course 
was  out  of  sight. 

"  Ah  I  Emma  dear  I  that's  just  like  Ireland.  Too  true 
it  is  that  her  songs  and  herself  are  equally  sad.  She  is 
something  like  that  Master  of  hers,  to  whom  she  has  ever 
been  faithful  ;  and  of  her  it  might  well  be  said,  as  it  was 
said  of  Him  by  the  prophet,  '  Oh,  all  ye  who  pass  along  this 
way,  attend,  and  see  if  there  be  any  sorrow  like  this  sorrow 
of  mine,' " 

"  Don't  you  feel  better  now  ?»  asked  Emma. 

"  I  am  quite  restored.  I  wish  that  the  harper  were 
now  here— if  he  were,  I  could  listen  to  him  all  day." 

"  What  makes  you  think  that  he  speaks  EngUsh  ?" 

"  Oh,  I  don't  know — yes,  he  appears  to  have  an  English 
countenance.    Don't  you  think  that  he  has  ?" 


A    TALE 


e,  it  Ls  an  Irish 

on  '~0  Emma  !" 

what's  the  mat- 

t  she  was  so  only 

a  ;  "  does  a  song 

rallied  herself  as 
r  to  the  minstrel, 
le  parlor  in  haste. 
imme<] lately  fol- 
eak  upon  a  sofa. 

Is  he  gone  ?" 

ilmma,  and  if  he 

r,  and  of  course 

?land.  Too  true 
illy  sad.  She  is 
oni  she  has  ever 
e  said,  as  it  was 
0  pass  along  this 
like  this  sorrow 

ma. 

he  harper  were 
all  day." 
English  ?" 
lave  an  English 


293 


]'  He  is  very  fair,  very." 
"  Well,  I  really  believe  thnf  h.  • 
only  for  .i,at  fo„|L,     2"Z<      "  ""'       '""'"^'''''  """ 

aud  the  music,"         '  ^  '"^  """y  ^°'  ^th  you,.olf 

"  So  am  I,  truly." 

;;  He  vviU  probably  come  again." 
-I  rear  not.     We  loft  h;.»         i 

-«  have  „„  W,h  Idea  0  0  :"t :::"™f  If  "■;'  I  «-y  he 
^0  wcU  treated,  has  not  condCeende  I  ''  "''"  ''''•' 

™ore  than  likely  that  oneT  T  '"""•'  '"«••'''  '"« 

1  hope  that  he  may  "  ^ 

i.  EnS-"'  *"•     ^"'  ^-  ™^  "<=  ---  E™„a,  that  he 

"  Why  ?" 

ile  did,  certainly  " 

a  welcome  visitor     Y«  ul       T      °  *  '""'^''  "ou'd  be 
and  know  theta  a.le  i  L  "'""  '""""""-  ^'ou  may, 

the  favorite  after  alT  T.^/T''' '"^  "other  ton<,„e  I 
and  Emmalon"!  e'e  ote  '  T""*^"'  "■^"'  "«  ^arv 
believed  was  BritW,  "°''  "''  '"^'^^  "^'"^h  'hey  fully 


The  night  next  after  the 


coUoquy  which  has  just  been 


re- 


294 


■well!   well! 


lated,  was  such  as  only  the  sunny  France  is  able  to  boast 
It  would  be  vain  to  try  to  describe  it.    Such  a  ai<rht  1    TIk; 
moon  shone  resplendently  down,  and  made  such  a  time  as 
admirably  accorded  with  the  temper  of  serenaders.     Homer 
himself  immortalized  no  loveher  a  moonJight. 

Mary  and  Emma  were  sitting  together  in  a  ba>ck  room, 
and  talking  of  the  probabilities  of  Henry's  return  next  day! 
They  were  suddenly  aroused  by  the  notes  of  a  harj)  whiJh 
sent  forth  sounds  of  sweeteijt  harmony.  They  rushed  uito 
the  parlor  and  listened.  They  saw  standing  immediately  in 
front  of  the  house  the  same  exquisite  performer.  At  first 
he  played  merely  a  voluntaiy,  but  when  he  saw  them  uiside 
the  window,  he  strack  a  hasty  symphony,  and  then,  in  a 
clear,  sweet  voice,  sang  to  his  harp  the  following 

SONG. 

Far  o'er  the  weltering  waters 

Of  life's  tumultuous  main  " 

I've  kept  mine  eye  upon  that  ark 
Which  now  I  seek  aguiu. 

I  call  upon  my  fond  one, 

Whose  love  I  know  full  well, 
To  take  me  buck  to  that  dear  heart 

Where  still  mine  own  would  dwell. 

I'm  wearj'  of  my  wanderuig, 

I  will  no  longer  roam  ; 
My  country  I  no  more  shall  see, 

But  here's  my  own  heart's  home. 

That  fond  one  will  receive  me, 

And,  from  the  griefs  I  bear. 
Will  see  how  weary  is  my  wing, 

How  much  I  need  her  care  I 

The  foul  and  faithless  Raven, 

Who  left  his  ark  of  yore, 
Despite  the  rush  of  wave  and  wind, 

Would  seek  that  rest  no  more. 


:A 


!  is  able  to  boast 
ch  a  njght  1    The 
e  such  a  time  as 
eruiders.     Ilomtr 
ht. 

in  a  back  room, 
'<  return  next  day. 
of  a  harj)  which 
They  rushed  uito 
ig  immediately  in 
[brmcr.  At  first 
!  saw  them  uiside 
,  and  then,  in  a 
owing 


t 
ell. 


-A    TALE. 

The  Dovo,  80  true,  so  gentle, 

A-weury  of  lier  chase, 
Brought  buck,  at  eve,  the  olive-bough. 

And  soiiglit  again  her  place. 

If  I  were  like  the  Kaven, 

I  would  not  now  bo  here  ; 
If  I  am  like  the  Dove  nt  all,' 

Now  surely  co.nes  my  cheer. 


295 


CHAPTER   XLIY. 

CURIOSITY. 

eonjeetn.:    in  some,  and  strange;  en,ob,.roE-;™';'" 
Man^an  .as  safely  and  soundly  seated  at  h  s  Ji      'ei"    7 

otrtt't:'"'  ""■  "^  '""'«"'  "■«  -i^-'-o;  and 

Wliy  did  not  M'Dougald   come  ?      Ti,. 
which  the  oid  .an  had  mlde  in  ol;  totihCe'r"'^ 
ney  to  France,  were  all  to  no  purpose     nl'if"' 

"SS:"\r:?r'-'''  ^-^  -'"HXttai,:: 
-rr^'fj:n::ii~rtid..^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

tho^'iidTo^r  imfrLT :"  ''"''^^- "''-'' ''""' 

Ul-f.  h;r»  V'  ^"^^S^^  ^"ey,  his  cominff  to  France 

-trastirhU^j^jf--- 

^.n.j  was  startrnjf  for  Scotland,  Mary  charged 


296 


well!    well! 


him  to  ask  the  doctor  whether  he  had  lieard  anythii,<r  almut 
Bell  and  Jemmy.  This  intelligence,  often  sought  by  her  in 
vain,  was  at  length  received. 

I3cll  was  still  alive,  and  as  droll  as  ever.  Her  boy,  who 
became  a  great  scamp,  was  removed  from  further  evil,  by 
being  drowned  while  in  a  state  of  intoxication.  If  'the 
mother  had  not  been  as  she  should  be,  she  paid  even  in  this 
world  pretty  dearly  for  her  short-comings.  Jemmy  in 
spite  of  many  rebuffs,  held  fast  to  the  faith  of  his  fathers, 
and  died  ;  not,  however,  without  having  got  married  about 
three  months  previously  to  an  old  "  towny"  of  his  own. 

The  reader  may  as  well  be  told  here  that  Mr.  George 
Baxter,  the  easy  and  content,  was  dead,  too  ;  so  also  was 
Mrs.  Margaret  Baxter.     The  latter  went  first,  but  to  one 
of  Mary's  thinking,  went  not  so  well.     The  husband,  on  his 
death-bed,  received  the  consolations  of  that  religion  which 
had  smoothed,  for  his  lovely   Gertrude,  the  passage   to 
eternal  day.     That  sweet  girl's  prayer  was  heard  when  she 
begged  of  God  to  rcinember  her  father  in  reward  for  that 
father's  last  kindness  to  herself.    Mrs.  Baxter,  proud  to  the 
last,  not  blind,  looked,  when  no  hope  of  life  was  left  her 
for  that  baptism  which  against  her  better  reason  she  refused' 
when  she  could  better  receive  it.    But  she  was  disappointed! 
Before  the  minister  of  it  came,  she  had  closed  her  eyes  in 
death.    More  than  we,  may  well  believe  that  such  a  dis- 
appointment was  a  punishment  from  heaven.     "  It  is  hard 
to  kick  against  the  goad." 

Who  cares  to  know  a  word  of  the  fates  of  Mrs.  or  Miss 
Marjori(>banks,  and  her  pious  sisterhood  !  A  fig  for  the 
latter,  say  we,  and  a  groan  for  the  former.  Let  her  life  or 
her  death  be  an  obscurity  for  ever,  as  was,  through  her  fault, 
her  husband's,  if  she  had  one.  Foul  weather  to  the  scape- 
goat I 


A    T  A  I,  p:  . 


207 


'(I  anytliiiifr  about 
sougljt  by  her  in 

Her  boy,  who 
I  further  evil,  bv 
sication.     If  the 
paid  even  in  this 
5s.       Jemmy,   in 
h  of  his  fathers, 
ot  married  about 
of  his  own. 
3at  Mr.  George 
00  ;  so  also  was 
first,  but  to  one 
husband,  on  his 
it  religion  which 
the   passage   to 
heard  when  she 
reward  for  that 
er,  proud  to  the 
fe  was  left  her, 
ason  she  refused, 
as  disappointed, 
•sed  her  eyes  in 
;hat  such  a  dis- 
Q.     "  It  is  hard 

if  Mrs.  or  Miss 
■  A  fig  for  the 
Let  her  life  or 
rough  her  fault, 
r  to  the  scape- 


i 


1 


Ctoley.         When  d.d    yoa  last   hear  from   hmV    he 

rei^"E::t'  "'"  '"''"'""'  ''"""^'  ^°^S»' '»  '«»  ^-." 

''Where  is  he,  and  what  doing?" 
"  In  Rome,  and  at  Theology  " 
He  ts  so  1" 

"Fact— I'm  not  joking—you'll  see." 
''  'Tis  only  tricks  of  him,"  said  he. 
''  Perhaps  so,  but  I  scarcely  think  tha .  it  is  " 
''There,  read  and  judge  ft  r  yourself,"  suggested  Emma 
and  she  handed  the  doctor  the  letter.  ' 

Dear  Uncle  :  -'^^«" 

Taking  it  for  a  certainty  that  you  have,  by  this  time 

tob^m:\%tT^'^ 

I  have  suddenly  grown  quite  enamored  of  the  healing 

tomv     An     J7l'  {  """  ^"'"^  'plunge  0'  into  phlebo 

omy     After  that  I  shall  rush  headlong  into  physic.    Then 

I  shall  turn  my  mind  to  the  consideration  of  surgery     8uch 

IS  my  programme.  ^    ^        "^" 

For  your  sake  now,  dear  uncle  !   I  wish   that  T  mnl  i 

..ve  you  the  several  details  of  my  '  modus  0  era'^i  Mn  s^ 

■^ort  as  to  keep  you  pleased  in  no  less  degree  with  the  .1 

—  of  my  epistle  than  you  are  with  whtt  I  ^^  altd; 

eau^sX  nainth  7'"'^"^""  ^'  "^  ^^^^^^  '^  -h  as 
auses  no  pam  whatever,  but  quite  the  contrary.     It  has 

tbis  peculiar  quality,  that  vou  can  admin Ve-  t^^-        f 

10* 


18  = 


170*1 


298 


V>-  E  I,  L  !     \y  |.;  j,  j,  f 


to  twenty  thousand  patients,  juul  afterwards,  should  it 
so  please  you,  to  others  ad  infmitum.  It  is  ditlicult  to  de- 
ficribe  it  fully.  It  is  a  thing  easily  acquin.d,  but  in  order 
to  secure  it,  one  indispensable  faculty  is  necessary  in  the 
searcher. 

The  nature  of  my  phlebotomy  is  simply  the  bleeding  of 
hearts.  I  know  that  of  the  two  branches  in  the  art,  mine  is 
decidedly  the  more  difficult.  The  lancet  to  be  used  in  Xh\< 
case  IS  made  of  the  most  particular  kind  of  steel.  If  I  (..„i- 
not  find  such  a  lancet,  I  shall  have  to  give  up  mv  stndv 
However,  should  I  be  so  unsuccessful,  I  shall  be  consoh-d 
wil.  Hie  thought  that  this  particular  instrument  has  been 
loiind  by  very  ^i^w  niou,  particularly  of  modern  times. 

Thirdly  :  The  nature  of  my  surgery  is  to  deal  with  veins 
and  arteries,  contusions,  fractures,  sores,  &c. 

To  explain  now  my  explanation,  I  must  tell  you,  my  dear 

uncle  I  tlmt  I  am  going  to  try  to  become  a  good  preachci 

and  bleed  the  hearts  of  sinners.     All  I  want  for  this,  is  the 

lancet  of  Massillon,  or  some  of  his  stamp.    One  like  his  even 

dulled   would   suffice  for  me.     I  am  going  heart  and  soul 

into  moral  Theology.     There  I  shall  find  that  real  '  medi- 

cme  of  the  mind '  which  some  one  of  our  poets  has  falselv 

styled,  conversation.     I  shall  also  devote  myself  to  the  do<- 

matic.     There  I  shall  have  conversation  enough  with  tl^o 

heretics.     All  I  want  for  both  is  a  good  memory,  of  which 

1  possess  a  toleral)le  specimen. 

And  I  am  going  to  dissect  the  holy  fathers  piecemeal 
On  account  of  the  goodness  of  their  veins,  they  are  empha- 
tically model  subjects  for  a  scalpel.  I  shall  try  hard  to 
learn  their  anatomy,  so  that  I  may  be  able  to  build  up  tot- 
tering humanity  after  their  standard.  I  shall,  in  fine 
endeavor  to  cure-a  herculean  task-as  many  as  possible 
of  the  ulcers  of  Heresy. 


wards,   should    it 

is  dlHicuit  to  de- 

r(;d,  but  in  orticr 

necessary  in   the 

the  bleedinp^  of 
n  the  art,  mine  is 
)  be  used  in  this 

steel.  If  lea  n- 
'e  up  niv  stndv. 
lidl  be  consoled 
ument  has  been 
ern  times, 
deal   with  veins 

L'll  yon,  my  dear 
good  preachei, 
t  for  this,  is  the 
)ne  like  his  even 
heart  and  soul 
;hat  real  '  medi- 
oets  has  falsely 
wlf  to  the  doir- 
ough  with  the 
mory,  of  which 

licrs  piecemeal. 
liey  are  emplia- 
II  try  liavd  to 
>  build  up  tot- 
shall,  in  fine, 
ay  as  possible 


■*    TALE. 


299 


^ow,  dear  doctor  I  i.,  „ot   „.i,.„  ,  i, 

fino  a  field  for  exertion  0.,  a  vtl.  ?  ''"'■"''"'•   '" 

for  the  love  which  I  have  fo7a       /     """  ""'"'' ''    '^'"^ 
t-ir^y  persuade  you  to  c™  e  „  ?"'  ^  "■"""  "^ ''  '•■'='- 
tl.e  pleasure  whij,  I  take  hi ,      ""^  ""■     ""'  *'"'  "" 
of  that  sweet  little  I,kIv      f  ^     ''"'      ""'^'  «■'»"  I  """k 
-.ieal  p„,„.,,  of^t:  J.  ,f ';S'  ^;  7.  f-e  the 

Adieu.  ^     '^  ^  ^  ^"  ^^^^'"  ^^'"^  in  the  operation. 

Charlev. 

"That  he's  going  to  study  Theology  » 

Just  like  all  h  s  letters      rrJ^ 
he  says."  '•     ^' ^^^^  "^^  mean  a  word  that 

"  I  don't  know  about  that " 

Oun  anftLSul  r^  f"''-  "  ^'""  -■'-  yo.  ,00k  so 

-»;rv^t2;r;'tTf":r'^-^^^ 

sl^ort  sleep,  and  tried  to  rih  ;        "^''^  ^'^^'"^  ^^'^  a 

fe-Uohelyshe^Xtrr^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


soo 


well!   well! 


"  What  else  ?" 

"  I  tlou't  know.  But  since  a  cortuin  liiir[)cr  played  nere 
the  other  day  before  our  door,  Mary,  I  have  observed,  has 
never  been  herself  since." 

"  What  the  d— 1  has  t'lat  got  to  do  with  the  affair  ?» 

"  Oh,  perhai*  it  has." 

"  Perhapi?  1  nonsense." 

"  But,  Henry,  you  must  know  that  he  came  the  second 
time,  and  gave  her  a  serenade." 

"  You're  as  great  a  humbug  as  Charley." 

"  No — I  vow  that  I  am  serious." 

"  Ha  !  ha  !  ha  ! — now  that's  a  good  one — Mary  in 
love  1  eh  ?" 

"  I  haven't  said  that.  But,  Henry  1  believe  me,  but  I 
think  if  Mary  ever  had  a  lover  that  got  lost,  she  has,  these 
few  days  past,  been  carrying  herself  just  as  any  one  placed 
in  such  circumstances  would  be  likely  to  do." 

Henry  said  nothing,  but  grew  more  serious.  His  wife, 
remarking  this,  immediately  said  :  "  Tell  me  now,  Henry, 
was  such  ever  the  case  ?" 

"  Tiiat  Mary  had  a  lover  ?" 

"  That  got  lost,  Henry." 

*'  Sure  every  lover  gets  lost." 

"  Nay — never  mind  that — but  you  know  what  I  mean." 

"  Perhaps  that  she  had,  Emma  !" 

"  Perhaps  she  had  1" 

"  Emma  !  I  wish  I  knew  that  she  had ;  ye  women  are  so 
inquisitive,  that  if  I  knew  such  a  thing  about  her  I  would 
now  have  a  fine  opportunity  to  tease  you  by  my  silence,  and 
your  own  curiosity." 

"  Had  she  ?"  persisted  Emma. 

"  She  had.     Is  not  Charley  a  living  proof  of  the  fact  ?" 

"  But  Fitz  Maurice  was  not  lost " 


A    TALK. 


801 


I)er  pluyod  nore 
e  observed,  has 

the  affair  ?» 


ame  the  second 


one — Mary  in 

h'eve  me,  but  I 
,  she  has,  these 
any  one  placed 

ous.  His  wife, 
le  now,  Henry, 


<rhat  I  mean." 


women  are  so 
t  her  I  would 
ny  silence,  and 


"  Faith  !  if  ever  a  man  was  lost,  he  was;  if  not  I  don't 
know  a  scrap  of  theology."  '         " ' 

"  ^^ow,  Henry,  how  you  thwart  me  I" 

''Tell^l">'r  ^''"''  "''  '"'  ^"^  ^'^^^'«  ^b«  "tatter." 
leJl  me  before  you  go  " 

^^n..  ca,.  I  tell  the  disoa.se  until  I  examine  the  pa- 

Hear  him  again  I" 

murfh  "r"^!  ^""^^  ""'■  "  "■"»»'''  1^"""».  "if  Mary  has 
™  h  a  heart-.s,ck„ess  as  that,  Dr.  Harry's  skill  to  7 
It  IS  about  as  good  as  my  oiv  , "    Tr  '''*''"''■ 

«-."t  she  bo«L  ser,;:;"    \,„,f:,::7;'V"  "■•''"''  '" 
now  fairly  excited      ^\J        i  ^  '"^'^^  ^''''''^<^'  ^^^ 

;  jocular  way,  she  never  at.;^    ''';:;; '"'^'j'!" 
Mary's  absenee,  she  a.ssailed  the  husband  .,  ,on  ,n  .•  >  I 

upon  all  occasions     'Twns  1>„,  '  ''"'''■'■  ""'^ 

wa?  t  xzirr^-  "■■■^  --^ »"  «.i«  i-d 
feu  io  '^^::Xi^:::^TZ7:'''\  t  ^-'^ 

Of  bin.  who  was  long  ago  lost,  but  Tor;';;::  ""^'""^  '"'^ 


of  the  fact  ?» 


802 


well!   well  I 


CHAPTER  XLY. 


THE   END. 

Every  one  in  Mangnn\s  household  is  on  the  "look-out" 
for  the  mysterious  harper.     Ennna  is  detennino.l  to  know 
next  time  he  comes,  what  he  is,  and  what  he  i.,.i't      Henrv 
snys  nothing,  but  thinks  the  more.  '  ^ 

At  the  present  point  of  our  story,  the  doctor  and  his 
ady  are  not  at  home.     They  have  gone  out  to  take  a  walk 
If  the  mus.cmn  happen  to  come  now,  what  a  sad  disa,> 
po.ntn.ent  to  the  hopes  of  both  husband  and  wife  !  ^ 

Mary  is  sitting  musingly  by  the  front  windows  of  the 
parlor,  and  is  feasting  her  eyes  upon  that  portrait  of  whiJh 
n  en  .on    as  long  since  been  made.     Till  now,  that  pictur 

If  h  w,  '""'  '  ''^'  '""  '^^^"  '''"^  '^'^  hiding  place. 
It  he,  whose  representation  it  is.  appear  at  this  lat^season 
how  poor  a  hkeness  will  it  prove.  Why  cannot  M.; 
du  11  wtn  secret  pleasure  upon  the  image  that  u.s,  as 
Longfellow  expresses  it,  rather  than  exchange  it  for  some- 
thing which  cau  be  little  more  than  a  shadow  ? 

"  Perhaps  I  never  may  again  behold, 

Thlro7'  1  "'"'''  ^'^"••""^^^•'^'•d  fonn  and  semblance, 
rhereforo  to  me  you  never  shall  ^row  old 
But  live  forever  young  hi  my  remembrance.'* 

Would  not  this  be  better  ?  Yes  ;  but 

"  The  heart  that  has  truly  loved,  never  forgets 

But  as  truly  loves  on  to  the  close  ;  '  { 

As  the  sun -flower  turns  on  her  god,  when  he  sets, 
The  sania  look  that  gh«  turned  when  he  rose  " 


1 


he  "  look-out" 
incd  to  know, 
i.'ii't.     Henry 

5ctor  and  his 
'  take  a  walk. 

a  sad  disa])- 
rife  I 

idows  of  the 
rait  of  which 

that  picture 
liidinjr  place. 
5  late  season, 
■annot  Maw 
-hni  was,  as 
!  it  for  some- 


lanco, 


J^    TALE. 


3oa 


every  one  but  liim     si,„  '"    """t'»  'iot_,i„_„„_ 

l-vy  .s,.„.,e  ,u.„,s  overW,  .k,.,!:''",  ""T     "'""'  '^ 

•"t  tuot-ialls  tuik-lo  oa  tho   tuCte.l/Inor" 

f«-^  ?    it  was  ^ot^^^t  i,  ™  "'''''"  '^^'^"'^-'l''-'  "i«l.t  be. 

"'Tiiat  fond  one  Will  receive  me 
Ami  iWm,  the  prioisl  bear,  ' 
^\"  "^"^  J'*^^^  ^•'^"r.v  is  rn^v  win., 
How  mud)  I  need  her  care  !' 

"  Wlio  but  himself  could  speak  thus  9    c.;,!        ,        • 
all  a  delusion.     But  no ;  he  aLe  c:;;L\sar    '       '"' ' 

•"I'm  weary  of  my  wandering, 
I  will  no  lontrer  roam; 
Myconmrylnomore.l.nllaee, 
Buthere'8myownhcart'8homo."' 

not  discern  ,vlmt  was  there     T^  !     ,,    P"^""'''' •""  <^<>«><i 

-re  equally  g„„e.     I^lrMa^*;     ""''''""  ""'^  ""  ''^'""^ 

Wh,le  she  wa.  tl,„.  c«n,n,„„i„g  with  h.r  faneio,  a,,.. 


804 


well!   w  e  I,  I,  J 


vainly  ke,-,,i„K  hn  solhnry  vi.nl,  n,.,„-y  „„,l  K,n,„a,  „o«-  „„ 
U    r  rc..„r„,  were  di,-,,l„yi„g  tl,dr  wisdom  .somewhat  i„  tl,i, 

IT  186, 

**  When  was  he  there  last  ?" 

"  Tliree  nights  ago." 

"  Well,  if  there  be  any  foundation  for  your  conjectures 
l.e  w.    „,st  likely  make  his  appearance  aga'in  to-nigrt" 
He  may— I  trust  that  he  may." 

"it  is  going  to  he  a  beautiful  night-see,  the  n.oon  is 
about  r.,s„,g     'tis  just  a  time  for  lovers' lute^if  he  bewlj 
-  -Pl-ed,  he  certainly  will  not  lose  so  fair  a  chancI  as 

^''  Let  us  get  along,  then,  lest  wc  miss  him  " 

feee  here,  Emma  ;  for  the  last  two  days  I  have  been 

-b  ng  myself  «o  much  about  this  ineomp^hensib"  ^ 

l.at  if  he  do  not  come  to-night,  I'll  give  him  up,  and  worry 

my  brams  no  more  about  him."  ^ 

"  Not  so  will  I." 

''More  gosling  are  you,  then,  if  you  don't." 
^^  Oh  there  certainly  was  sonMo^  in  that  serenade  " 
If  there  was,  it  is  the  first  time  that  a  serenade  was 
ever  burdened  with  any  such  commodity  " 

son'l["  """"  '"''"'''  ''^'^"^^  '''  ''''-'^'  -'-«  q"ite  per. 
''Don't  you  know  that  any  serenade  would  suit  ten  thou 
sand  anybodys,  and  appear,  too,  as  personal  to  anybodj  a 
anybody  might  please  ?"  ""^ooay  as 

;'  The  one  that  he  sang  was  not  applicable  to  me  " 
Go  E,„^,__,t,„^,^  J     Some  few  years  ago,  if  I  had 
-.  ;t  for  you,  as  sore  as  day  it  would  be  your'  dream  aU 

"No,  indeed,  Henry  1  no,  indeed  I" 

"A  serenade  i,  made  a.   mechanically  as  a  padding. 


Kmma,  now  on 
newhut  in  this 


A    T  A  t 


SO;-) 


r  conjectures, 
to-night." 

the  moon  is 
if  he  be  what 
u  chance  as 


I  liave  been 
ensible  being 
),  and  worry 


renade." 
LTenade  was 

'  quite  per- 

it  ten  thou- 
anybodj  as 

ne." 

,  if  I  had 
dream  all 


pndding. 


„.e,>  ""  '■"""■"  "  "-o  l..t  exponent  of  preset  m,.s,e 
Was  it  ?" 

•.«a.i™etotC::ierrr 
^'r^roti::r-^--^-^"~ 

an  appearance  pre         '"  ta  72  t  "  ^""'^''  """  'o 
Occasional  remarks    few  a  di/r/      '''^''"■"   •™'- 

broke  the  monotony  of  tlta/x'T'  "™  ""  "'"' 
a  "«ht  I  Oh  who,  wit  nndcin  ,  "'  f"'"'  ^""  ■'"'•'' 
ing  the  strain,  would  Z^ta^t'T"''  ""'  "'^''  '■"•^'"^• 
note  was  heard.  How  often  did  4  ''°,°'''"''*"""^  •  -^'o 
Whisper  within  itself  these  wlaM  tt^:    "'  """  "'"'"« 

Stealing  and  giving  odor."  ' 

Henrv.  having  tT J'' .'^'' .""''■  "a^.  "o^  that  week. 


306 


W  E  I.  L  !     W  K  L  L  ! 


both  by  Mary's  manner  and  Emma',  positive  assurances 
l.a.l  the  perseveranee  to  keep  hopin<.  far  beyond  his  lirst 
HI  entions.  Wlien,  however,  the  week  had  passed,  he  crew 
ashamed  of  his  folly,  and  looked  upon  the  whole  affair  with 
mateiiless  mdifference.  Emma  deelared  that  she  would  for 
three  weeks,  keep  wateh,  and  would  not  wholly  give  «,. 
until  the  full  month  would  have  gone.  Mary  would  never 
cease  looking  until  she  saw  that  faee  again.  How  could  she  ? 
8he  reeogm-zed  him-and  he  recognized  her-of  all  this  she 
felt  perfectly  certain.     Such,  at  all  events,  was  her  behef. 

But  the  month  went  by,  and  still  no  harper  (>ame     And 
two  months  went  by,  and  still  he  came  not.     And  when 
three  months  went  by,  what  then  ?     Reader,  dear  reader 
that  minstrel  did  not  come  I     Where  was  he?     Where?     ' 
That  was  to  some  a  long,  long,  wearisome  time     We 
fair  fi-iend,  you  and  I.  have  come      rough  it  right  merrily! 
We  have,  of  late,  been  so  accustomed  to   skipping  over 
events,  and  leaping  down  the  ladder  of  time  ;  we  have  in 
consequence  of  this  become  so  marvellously  agile,   that  a 
jump  of  three  months  is  nothing  to  us.     Well,  but  what 
liave  we  got  for  our  pains  ?     We  have  not  got  the  harper 
that's  clear ;  but  we  have  got  one  whom  we  are  rtyoiced  to 
see.     Who  is  it  ?     Yes.  we  have  got  him-he  has  come  at 
last.     Behold  him,  our  old  friend,  considerably  changed,  to 
be  sure,  not  as  he  was,  but  silvered  o'er  with  the  frosts  of 
time— Dr.  M'Dougald,  another  and  the  same  I     Yes  Dv 
xM'Dougald,  the  long  expected,  the  tardy  to  the  last',  has 
actually  arrived.     He  has.     And  what  high  delight  is  there 
now  m  Henry  Mangan's  home  I     Welcomes  and  warm  em- 
braces are  the  order  of  the  hour-welcomes  and   warm 
embraces,  manifold  and  long  !     Henry  is  delighted— Emma 
IS  enraptured— and  Mary,  the  watcher,  suddenly  gay,  half 
forgets  the  face  of  her  harper. 


ilive  assiiranrcs, 
Ix'yoiid  his  first 
l^iussed,  he  grew 
■hole  aflair  with 
t  she  would,  for 
wholly  give  uj) 
ry  would  never 
low  could  she  ? 
-of  all  this  she 
as  her  behef. 
n-  came.     And 
)t.     And  when 
r,  dear  reader, 
?     Where  ? 
ae  time.     We, 
'  rig-lit  merrily, 
skipping  over 
! ;  we  have  in 
agile,   that  a 
^ell,  but  what 
ot  the  harper, 
ire  rgoiced  to 
e  has  come  at 
y  changed,  to 
the  frosts  of 
e  1     Yes,  Dr. 
the  last,  has 
-'light  is  there 
nd  warm  em- 
s  and   warm 
bted — Emma 
Lilj  gay,  half 


A    TALE. 


307 


Eight  years,  the  number  flown  sImpp  \t 
«aw  that  father  and  friend   hud  sL  ''  ""'^  ^^'"'"" 

^'"« '-.  is  able  to  c:::^ j '  T  rz:^::  't  t 

some  other  place  of  rcrn,-rl         ,  '  ^^'^'''^'^^^r^'^  ^'"1 

"^ay.  or  may  not  iL    '     '  '      T  ''  ^''^^  ^'^^^  ^^^^'^ 
^^"^^  ^0  his  ow:l.ie^^^^^^  ''-'^'^'y  ••'^'  ^-  the  present. 

Hoiv  short  tlic  liours  ai,nc-ir  I     wi    t 
make  with  those  of  j-„stX    hi  ,1         ,■'  ™'*'""'"  *'''^ 
fo'-  the  last  threeCt,,    '^M^^        ''-"^^ 

;;">ou,„,.rs happhror.,.:  ■;: restTutTr*-' " 

harp  so„„„i„„„  „,„„„,,^  .„  ^^^     j;^    -d  ^e  to  , 

man  I  M„y  trembles  all  over  •  HeLr!  ,  .  "''"" 
».ul  starts  a.Hi  listens  •  £•„„!!  fl'  ,  ^  '"'"*'  '"''^  ^'*"^''-. 
Henry  and  Mar/;:,;'"™  ,f'^  »-"«'»;'- parlor  ; 

for  the  moment,  rises  and  joins  the  ell*"''  ''"•*''""^'" 

in  such  eireutltances  •  and  7l  ''''"""^'  "'''  "'''"'"''« 
whatever  whereby  !!;  Iv  T'  ""'^''  """""e  no  data 
the  lattice  wilLt-T^  ""'''  "">■"""?■  l'*'''-^  thronjrh 
her  friendl  '"^''""'  "''  "  "'"'  '-^  than  that  of 

The  harper,  at  first  only  trifling  «.,•»!,  .1.     • 
---  his  finders  twice  VtrulfdVirtt; 


308 


well!   well! 


strings,  and  when  he  has  gained  the  usual  stand,  hesitates 
lor  an  instant. 

How  flutters  now  one  heart,  e.specia]ly  !  What  comes  ? 
Does  Henry  recognize  a  friend  ?  Does  Mary  And  her  lost 
one  ?  ^  Henry  dreams  so,  but  cannot  say.  Mary  knows  so, 
but  sits  by  the  window  breathless.  "  Hush,  father  "  cries 
Emma,  "  he  is  going  to  play  ;  let  us  make  no  noise,  but 
listen."  The  minstrel  at  length  sings,  in  a  most  plaintive 
and  sweet  air,  the  followiu"- 

SONG. 

I  had  a  dream,  when  I  was  young  and  free, 
Of  one  whoso  face  I  ever  sighed  to  see, 
And  long  I  lived,  but  never  couhl  beliold 
Tlio  real  form  of  that  ideal  mould. 

Was  she,  whose  beauty  gave  this  vision  sweet, 
One  whose  bright  smile  'tis  never  love's  to  meet  ? 
Oh,  could  a  being  of  such  brow  and  eye, 
Be  elsewhere  found  but  in  the  starry  sky  ? 

Yes,  yes-when  years,  too  many  years  had  passed, 
My  golden  hope  was  realized  at  last : 
Sweet  Mary  mine  !  receive  at  once  the  truth, 
In  thee  I  found  this  day-dream  of  my  youth. 

Thou  hadst,  beloved  !  her  heart,  and  brow,  and  brain, 
Whose  fairy  form  I  sought  so  long  in  vain ; 
Thou  hadst  her  tenderness,  her  tone,  her  s'way, 
And  faith,  love,  loveliness,  and  wiles,  and  way. 

Come,  let  us  now  go  seek  some  silent  cell, 
And  live  there  long,  and  love  there  more  than  well  • 
].eave  the  cold  world,  and  leave  without  a  sigh,        ' 
And,  faithful  still,  there  haply  live  and  die. 

0  lost,  and  found !  believe  I  know  thee  now, 

1  see,  at  last,  thy  dark  and  glorious  brow  ; 
The  chain  that  bound  me  is  a<?under  riven— 
I  live  again  for  thee,  my  heart,  my  heav'n  I 


itand,  hesitates 

Wliat  comes  ? 
■y  find  her  lost 
lary  knows  so, 
I,  father,"  cries 
3  no  noise,  but 
most  plaintive 


leet  ? 


assed, 


id  brain, 


1  well ; 

1", 


■»    TALE. 


309 


It  ueed  scarcely  be  said  that,  Jurm.r  tl.e  ,!„.,:„„    r  „  ■ 
p.cce,  which  evc-y  cue  of  the  p  rty  ,i^:"^!  °'  ""' 
ful  were  the  emotions  under  which  M^Z^T'  wT" 
tLmfore,  the  straiu  was  euded,  she  scr  atled    M»  f   >      ' 

-It  IS,  It  IS  !"  exclaimed  Henry. 
Dr.  M'Dougald,  to  whom  the  whnlo  off  • 

could  „;:t:  ,0  sr^c?  ,:"r/"""  "^'^  ''"-■ 

-eairypia'ce.     I^  L  Cn  ^^^  ^~  usV"  " 
brace  one  of  whose  idont .> v  i.«  •'^'  ^""^'^^^  to  em- 

out  or  the  housn.;d"ir ::::::  1::^::,""' "'"'" 

-yworu  object  Of  Mary's  ccasclcssaff:,:!'"        '*'"'  "' 
It  was  in  truth  no  other  than  he 
Welcome,  ten  thousand  welcomed  to  the  wanderer  I 
And  there  was  a  meeting.  v^anuuer  I 

Whoever  wishes  to  kno'w  what  prevented  Wnr        . 
-Iiree  wLole  months  from  seeing  or  ra  her  1    ,  ^      ' 

lost  love,  let  him  know  that  it     rl         7eT'  T  '"''' 
at  her  window  he  M]  iu       a       ,  /  evening  he  sang 

»a.e  her  aeTa;- ^dluh  ^.r  ""'  '^  ™^  ^''^^ 
After  many  and  many  a  miserable  year  thon   A.       , 

*tu:\ri:r'^---'--«»»-^^^^ 

ba^^r  it  behoo  Jus  to  sly  it  k     If  Z?  T"""''  " 
pear  strange,  it  wii,  be  thou^.ht  IrLf:  ^^1:. 


310 


well!   well! 


bered  that  one  as  gentle,  and,  mayhap,  as  good  as  he — 
Oliver  Goldsmith — was  once  a  minstrel  and  a  wanderer. 

We  have  now  told  of  William  and  Mary's  meeting,  but  of 
a  marriage  we  can  give  no  account.  Whether  they  ever 
became  one  or  not,  old  annals  do  not  say. 


g'ood  as  he — 
a  wanderer, 
necting,  but  of 
tlier  they  ever 


i    TALK 


»J1 


THE     SEQUEL. 


T»E  curtain  of  our  theatre  has  fallen,  and  the  h^st  act  of 
our  phiy  has  terminated. 

Is  there  of  the  story,   kindest  reader,  anythinn-   .,bout 
-Inch  you  seek  further  infonnation  ?     I    ,o  w    sLluTl 
"'^ly  give  it  you  here  behind  the  scenes 

We  think  we  hear  you  ask,  "What  became  of  that  Pro- 

In  the  first  phice,  the  former  remained  for  about  a  y.ar 
in    F  ance.      Durmg  that   time,  his  old  friend    Mr.    F^ 
Maunce  ^ecl  hard  to  make  him  a  Cathohe.    Wh^;;:.,^ 
HMilt       He  always  sa.d,  "  Time  enou^^h,  Mary  »" 

In  the  second  place,  he  returned  to  Scotland  where   true 

urcr  s  chair  at  his  own  dear  "  Alma  Mater."     I„  this  nosi 
n    eecmtmued  for  five  years,  when  he  died  Z^SZ 
«il  who  knew  him.     How  did  he  die  ?     Even  as  riived 
promising  himself  every  day  to  become  si"      i     of"! 

particular  lack.     So  went  our  poor  old  friend 
And  now  about  the  other. 
For  a  whole 


year  he  conti 


aucu  to  send  to  his  uncle  fan- 


812 


WELlI     WfcLLl 


tastic  epistles  about  what  he  was  studying — documeuts 
whicli  the  doctor  would  never  understand.  At  the  end  of 
the  year,  however,  all  was  apparent.  Notwithstanding  his 
uncle  and  aunt's  predictions,  Charley  was  certauily  study- 
ing Theology.  This  was  of  course  the  greatest  joy  to  his 
mother.     In  hit  mind  it  was  on  earth  her  best  reward. 

When  four  years  passed  he  graduated  at  the  Propa- 
ganda, and  brought  home  with  him  all  the  honors  that  it 
could  give.  At  last  the  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Fitz  Maurice 
gladdened  the  eyes  of  his  mother  and  kindred.  And  it  may 
ue  added  that  he  proved  himself  an  eminent  practitioner  in 
his  own  peculiar  phlebotomy.  He  wielded  that  scalpel 
which  is  best  calculated  to  bleed  the  sinner's  heart. 

Before  the  old  doctor's  death,  Charles  Henry  visited  him, 
and  but  for  something  which  only  One  can  explain,  would 
have  made  him  a  Christian.  So  flourished  this  Bud  of 
Promise. 


THI    XNO 


^ — flocumeiita 
it  the  end  of 
listanding  liis 
rtaiiily  studj- 
est  joy  to  liis 

reward. 
t  the  Propa- 
onors  that  it 
Fitz  Maurice 

And  it  may 
raetitioncr  in 

that  scalpel 
inner's  heart. 
^  visited  him, 
xplain,  would 
this  Bud  of 


